Bug 596496 – net-dns/libidn fails to build with -Werror=format-security

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description René Rhéaume 2016-10-08 00:33:44 UTC]

libidn does not compile when -Werror=format-security is in use. The fix is easy to make. It will soon be attached.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo 'CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wformat -Werror=format-security' >> /etc/portage/make.conf
2. emerge -1 net-libs/libidn
3.
Actual Results:  
ERROR: compile
ERROR: net-dns/libidn-1.33::gentoo failed (compile phase):
  emake failed

Expected Results:  
net-libs/libidn installed or updated on system

[Comment 1 René Rhéaume 2016-10-08 00:35:08 UTC]

Created attachment 449510 [details, diff]
libidn-1.33-format-security.patch

[Comment 2 René Rhéaume 2016-10-08 00:42:36 UTC]

Created attachment 449512 [details, diff]
libidn-1.33.ebuild.patch

[Comment 3 René Rhéaume 2016-10-08 00:43:30 UTC]

Created attachment 449514 [details]
emerge --info output

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2016-10-15 11:57:47 UTC]

(In reply to René Rhéaume from comment #0)
> libidn does not compile when -Werror=format-security is in use.

Your mistake is to set -Werror=format-security and expect things to compile.

[Comment 5 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2016-10-15 11:59:27 UTC]

Please send that patch upstream.