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Bug 663924 - =sys-devel/m4-1.4.18: build failure against glibc-2.28: fseeko.c:110:4: error: #error "Please port gnulib fseeko.c to your platform! Look at the code in fseeko.c, then report this to bug-gnulib."
Summary: =sys-devel/m4-1.4.18: build failure against glibc-2.28: fseeko.c:110:4: error...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Keywords: PATCH
: 675290 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: glibc-2.28
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Reported: 2018-08-17 22:09 UTC by Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED)
Modified: 2020-05-12 17:19 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
sys-devel:m4-1.4.18:20180817-220710.log (sys-devel:m4-1.4.18:20180817-220710.log,154.77 KB, text/x-log)
2018-08-17 22:09 UTC, Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) 		Details
allow m4 to compile with glibc-2.28 (m4-glibc228.patch,13.37 KB, patch)
2018-09-22 15:42 UTC, milan hodoscek 		Details | Diff
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Description Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-08-17 22:09:43 UTC 
Created attachment 543858 [details]
sys-devel:m4-1.4.18:20180817-220710.log

fseeko.c: In function 'rpl_fseeko':
fseeko.c:110:4: error: #error "Please port gnulib fseeko.c to your platform! Look at the code in fseeko.c, then report this to bug-gnulib."
   #error "Please port gnulib fseeko.c to your platform! Look at the code in fseeko.c, then report this to bug-gnulib."
    ^~~~~
Comment 1 cyrillic 2018-09-17 00:21:19 UTC 
I am seeing this same error in sys-devel/m4-1.4.18 , sys-apps/findutils-4.6.0-r1 , and app-arch/gzip-1.9 .

It is because the bundled gnulib is too old.

This has been fixed upstream for findutils and gzip, but m4 has not been touched in quite a long time.
Comment 2 milan hodoscek 2018-09-22 15:42:25 UTC 
Created attachment 547520 [details, diff]
allow m4 to compile with glibc-2.28

This allows to compile m4 with glibc-2.28 installed

add epatch_user in ebuild
and put the patch into /etc/portage/patches/sys-devel/m4-1.4.18
Comment 3 Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-09-22 18:34:34 UTC 
Thanks for the patch!
Comment 4 cyrillic 2018-09-23 20:03:50 UTC 
Thank you, m4 compiles fine now.
Comment 5 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2018-10-13 17:50:49 UTC 
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a31c6c21fb030d75256ff042e0352f90330545b2

commit a31c6c21fb030d75256ff042e0352f90330545b2
Author:     Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2018-10-13 17:21:38 +0000
Commit:     Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2018-10-13 17:50:35 +0000

    sys-devel/m4: fix build against glibc-2.28, bug #663924
    
    Patch by milan hodoscek.
    
    While at it added 'epatch_user'.
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/663924
    Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.51, Repoman-2.3.11

 sys-devel/m4/files/m4-1.4.18-glibc228.patch | 310 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 sys-devel/m4/m4-1.4.18.ebuild               |   4 +-
 2 files changed, 313 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comment 6 ernsteiswuerfel archtester 2019-01-12 22:08:08 UTC 
*** Bug 675290 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Benda Xu gentoo-dev 2020-05-12 09:59:10 UTC 
Has anyone forwarded the patch upstream?
Comment 8 Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2020-05-12 17:19:45 UTC 
(In reply to Benda Xu from comment #7)
> Has anyone forwarded the patch upstream?

I believe m4 uses gnulib and just needs to cut a new release against updated upstream gnulib. Probably worth mailing bug-m4@gnu.org to ask for one. Gentoo's m4 maintainer should be able to give more details.