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Bug 860327 - [guru] sci-biology/cmdock-0.1.4-r2 fails to compile (lto): bundle.cpp:107365:27: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]
Summary: [guru] sci-biology/cmdock-0.1.4-r2 fails to compile (lto): bundle.cpp:107365:...
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: GURU
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Package issues (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Anna Vyalkova
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Reported: 2022-07-23 18:18 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2023-06-17 08:44 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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build.log (build.log,225.02 KB, text/plain)
2022-07-23 18:18 UTC, Agostino Sarubbo
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-23 18:18:03 UTC
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: sci-biology/cmdock-0.1.4-r2 fails to compile (lto).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: guru_tinderbox)

NOTE:
This machine uses lto with CFLAGS=-flto -Werror=odr -Werror=lto-type-mismatch -Werror=strict-aliasing
Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-23 18:18:05 UTC
Created attachment 793562 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info
Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-23 18:18:06 UTC
Error(s) that match a know pattern in addition to what has been reported in the summary:


FAILED: libcmdock.so.0.1.4.p/src_lib_RbtCompression.cxx.o 
Run-time dependency dt_smarts found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
Run-time dependency dt_smiles found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
../cmdock-v0.1.4/3rdparty/include/bundle/bundle.cpp:107365:27: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]
Comment 3 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-26 09:08:58 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