Bug 933742 – app-backup/amanda-3.5.4 fails to compile: runtar.c:199:18: error: assignment to char from incompatible pointer type const char [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2024-06-07 14:05:13 UTC]

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

Issue: app-backup/amanda-3.5.4 fails to compile.
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: ci)

Info about the issue:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Tinderbox/Common_Issues_Helper#CF0003

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2024-06-07 14:05:14 UTC]

CC'ing also the author of the commit (75ae4e8afe2fc84ced438d7d08fc39d5b52d4802)

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2024-06-07 14:05:15 UTC]

Created attachment 895309 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

[Comment 3 Agostino Sarubbo 2024-06-07 14:05:17 UTC]

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


configure: WARNING: Not building 'amplot', because gnuplot was not found
  Not building 'amplot', because gnuplot was not found
runtar.c:199:18: error: assignment to ‘char **’ from incompatible pointer type ‘const char **’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types[https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-14.1.0/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wincompatible-pointer-types]]

[Comment 4 Doug Nazar 2024-10-25 05:00:50 UTC]

https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/39104

Contains the patches I've been testing locally.