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Bug 876837 - net-analyzer/nmap-7.93 fails tests (lto): config.h:300:9: error: type of [-Werror=lto-type-mismatch]
Summary: net-analyzer/nmap-7.93 fails tests (lto): config.h:300:9: error: type of [-We...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Sam James
URL:
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Keywords: PATCH
Depends on:
Blocks: lto
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Reported: 2022-10-12 08:20 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2024-03-15 06:59 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


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build.log (build.log,146.34 KB, text/plain)
2022-10-12 08:20 UTC, Agostino Sarubbo
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-10-12 08:20:08 UTC
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: net-analyzer/nmap-7.93 fails tests (lto).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: lto_tinderbox)

NOTE:
This machine uses lto with CFLAGS=-flto -Werror=odr -Werror=lto-type-mismatch -Werror=strict-aliasing

Here is a bit of explanation:

-Werror=lto-type-mismatch:
User to find possible runtime issues in packages. It likely means the package is unsafe to build & use with LTO.
For projects using the same identifier but with different types across different files, they must be fixed to be consistent across the codebase.

-Werror=odr:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO. C++ code must comply with the One Definition Rule (ODR) - see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/definition#One_Definition_Rule.

-Werror=strict-aliasing:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO.

Workarounds:
- If upstream is friendly and still active, file a bug upstream. For emulators, codecs, games, or multimedia packages, it may be worth just applying a workaround instead, as upstreams sometimes aren't receptive to these bugs (VALID FOR ALL).
- Use the new 'filter-lto' from flag-o-matic.eclass as it's likely to be unsafe with LTO (VALID FOR lto-type-mismatch - odr).
- Fix it yourself if interested, of course (VALID FOR ALL).
- Append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- Use memcpy() but a union is sometimes suitable too (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- -fstrict-aliasing is implied by -O2, so this must be addressed in some form (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).

See also: https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=165639574126280&w=2
Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-10-12 08:20:10 UTC
Created attachment 823675 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info
Comment 3 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2024-03-15 06:59:12 UTC
(In reply to Sam James from comment #2)
> https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/e61f145425ee36199a6e3714b2ac165627e54796

7.94 is fine.