Bug 832372

Summary:	dev-lang/ruby-2.6.9: fails to compile
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Matthias Coppens <coppens.matthias.abc>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Ruby Team <ruby>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	jstein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info build.log emerge -pqv

Description Matthias Coppens 2022-01-30 14:17:29 UTC

Compilation of dev-lang/ruby-2.6.9 fails with

compile.c:8493:38: error: expected identifier or '(' before 'char'

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run world update
2. portage tries to compile dev-lang/ruby:2.6
Actual Results:  
Compilation fails

Expected Results:  
Compilation shouldn't fail

Comment 1 Matthias Coppens 2022-01-30 14:18:18 UTC

Created attachment 763967 [details]
emerge --info

Comment 2 Matthias Coppens 2022-01-30 14:22:29 UTC

Created attachment 763968 [details]
build.log

Comment 3 Matthias Coppens 2022-01-30 14:32:54 UTC

Created attachment 763969 [details]
emerge -pqv

Comment 4 Matthias Coppens 2022-05-23 16:45:54 UTC

This happened due to the CFLAG -w (see https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1134744-start-0.html). Without it, ruby compiles correctly.