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Bug 862453 - sci-electronics/geda-1.10.2-r2 fails to compile (lto): gtksheet_2_2.c:8447:25: error: area.y may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
Summary: sci-electronics/geda-1.10.2-r2 fails to compile (lto): gtksheet_2_2.c:8447:25...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: The Soldering-Iron Brotherhood
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Blocks: lto
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Reported: 2022-07-31 07:36 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2024-03-21 05:58 UTC (History)
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


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build.log (build.log,330.38 KB, text/plain)
2022-07-31 07:36 UTC, Agostino Sarubbo
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-31 07:36:07 UTC
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: sci-electronics/geda-1.10.2-r2 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

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 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-31 07:36:10 UTC
Created attachment 795979 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info
Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-31 07:36:12 UTC
Error(s) that match a know pattern in addition to what has been reported in the summary:


awk: fatal: cannot open file `../../.desktop-i18n/libgeda47.LINGUAS' for reading: No such file or directory
gtksheet_2_2.c:8447:25: error: 'area.y' may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized[https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wmaybe-uninitialized]]
Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2024-03-21 05:58:42 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=12bd3b6d3f2239776739e854f01b4dbc02f3c91b

commit 12bd3b6d3f2239776739e854f01b4dbc02f3c91b
Author:     Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2024-03-21 05:28:39 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-03-21 05:57:41 +0000

    sci-electronics/geda: avoid fatal warning for maybe-uninitialized
    
    LTO makes the compiler better able to spot this. But it isn't something
    the entire build should fail due to, not for stable release tags of
    existing software.
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/862453
    Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 sci-electronics/geda/geda-1.10.2-r2.ebuild | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)