Bug 889452 – app-emulation/xen-tools-4.16.3 fails to compile (USR-MERGE-SYSTEM): physdev.h:404:31: error: COMPAT_FLEX_ARRAY_DIM undeclared here (not in a function)

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2023-01-03 07:16:43 UTC]

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

Issue: app-emulation/xen-tools-4.16.3_pre1-r1 fails to compile (USR-MERGE-SYSTEM).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: usr-merge_tinderbox)

NOTE:
(USR-MERGE-SYSTEM) in the summary means that the bug was found on a machine that runs default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd/merged-usr profile but this bug MAY or MAY NOT BE related to the new profile.

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2023-01-03 07:16:46 UTC]

Created attachment 846822 [details]
build.log.xz

build log and emerge --info (compressed because it exceeds attachment limit, use 'xzless' to read it)

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2023-01-03 07:16:47 UTC]

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


			echo "Error: non-empty $name: 0x$sz" >&2; \
			echo "Error: non-empty $name: 0x$sz" >&2; \n
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/xen-tools-4.16.3_pre1-r1/work/xen-4.16.2/tools/firmware/xen-dir/xen-root/xen/include/compat/physdev.h:404:31: error: ‘COMPAT_FLEX_ARRAY_DIM’ undeclared here (not in a function)

[Comment 3 Agostino Sarubbo 2023-01-25 18:54:18 UTC]

ci has reproduced this issue with version 4.16.3 - Updating summary.