Bug 859847 – media-libs/freeglut-3.2.2 fails to compile (lto): freeglut_std.h:231:18: error: type of glutStrokeMonoRoman does not match original declaration [-Werror=lto-type-mismatch]

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2022-07-21 20:03:25 UTC]

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: media-libs/freeglut-3.2.2 fails to compile (lto).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: lto_tinderbox)

NOTE:
This machine uses lto with CFLAGS=-flto -Werror=odr -Werror=lto-type-mismatch -Werror=strict-aliasing

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-07-21 20:03:28 UTC]

Created attachment 792938 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-07-21 20:03:30 UTC]

Error(s) that match a know pattern in addition to what has been reported in the summary:


FAILED: lib/libglut.so.3.11.1 
/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/freeglut-3.2.2/work/freeglut-3.2.2/include/GL/freeglut_std.h:231:18: error: type of ‘glutStrokeMonoRoman’ does not match original declaration [-Werror=lto-type-mismatch]

[Comment 3 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-07-26 09:02:24 UTC]

Here is a bit of explanation:

-Werror=lto-type-mismatch:
User to find possible runtime issues in packages. It likely means the package is unsafe to build & use with LTO.
For projects using the same identifier but with different types across different files, they must be fixed to be consistent across the codebase.

-Werror=odr:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO. C++ code must comply with the One Definition Rule (ODR) - see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/definition#One_Definition_Rule.

-Werror=strict-aliasing:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO.

Workarounds:
- If upstream is friendly and still active, file a bug upstream. For emulators, codecs, games, or multimedia packages, it may be worth just applying a workaround instead, as upstreams sometimes aren't receptive to these bugs (VALID FOR ALL).
- Use the new 'filter-lto' from flag-o-matic.eclass as it's likely to be unsafe with LTO (VALID FOR lto-type-mismatch - odr).
- Fix it yourself if interested, of course (VALID FOR ALL).
- Append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- Use memcpy() but a union is sometimes suitable too (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- -fstrict-aliasing is implied by -O2, so this must be addressed in some form (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).

See also: https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=165639574126280&w=2

[Comment 4 Larry the Git Cow 2022-07-27 16:01:36 UTC]

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4dadfc6e58f9c4176b84b36992103b9cb5ba7f5d

commit 4dadfc6e58f9c4176b84b36992103b9cb5ba7f5d
Author:     Matt Turner <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2022-07-27 16:00:21 +0000
Commit:     Matt Turner <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2022-07-27 16:00:26 +0000

    media-libs/freeglut: Fix build with -Werror=lto-type-mismatch
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/859847
    Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <[e-mail]>

 .../files/3.2.2-Fix-aliasing-violation.patch       | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 media-libs/freeglut/freeglut-3.2.2.ebuild          |  4 ++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+)