Bug 413991

Summary:	dev-libs/libbsd: bsd/stdio.h does not declare asprintf() function prototype
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Richard Yao (RETIRED) <ryao>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Freedesktop bugs <freedesktop-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57643
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Richard Yao (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-04-29 14:20:17 UTC

`man 3 asprintf` claims that asprintf() is available under both GNU and *BSD systems, but it is not available when using bsd/stdio.h. This provides the following QA notice when compiling a port of btxld:

 * QA Notice: Package triggers severe warnings which indicate that it
 *            may exhibit random runtime failures.
 * btxld.c:557:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'asprintf' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

It looks like we can turn this on by setting __USE_GNU, but that would have consequences beyond providing asprintf(). It might be easier to patch the bsd/stdio.h header to provide a asprintf() function prototype, but the correct solution probably requires more thinking.

Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-27 11:11:38 UTC

After filing this report to...

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libbsd

...please include the link in the "See also: " field and CC freedesktop-bugs@gentoo.org in the upstream bugzilla.

Thanks!

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-08-12 18:07:40 UTC

ping?

Comment 3 Richard Yao (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-11-28 06:40:11 UTC

I receive so much bug mail that I missed your responses. Anyway, I have filed the upstream bug as you requested.

Comment 4 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-06-10 04:04:47 UTC

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57643#c1

Comment 5 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-07-15 08:16:07 UTC

(In reply to Samuli Suominen from comment #4)
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57643#c1

Upstream closed the bug because of no response -> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57643#c2