Bug 921028 – games-fps/alienarena-7.66 fails to compile (GCC-14-SYSTEM): sv_game.c:323:21: error: assignment to cvar_t ()(char , char , int) {aka struct cvar_s ()(char , char , int)} from incompatible pointer type cvar_t ()(const char , const char , int) {aka struct

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2023-12-30 09:53:27 UTC]

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

Issue: games-fps/alienarena-7.66 fails to compile (GCC-14-SYSTEM).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: gcc14_tinderbox)

NOTE:
(GCC-14-SYSTEM) in the summary means that the bug was found on a machine that runs gcc-14 but this bug MAY or MAY NOT BE related to the new compiler

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2023-12-30 09:53:29 UTC]

Created attachment 881001 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

[Comment 2 Simeon Simeonov 2024-12-19 07:58:05 UTC]

Reverting (eselect gcc set ... ) to GCC 13 builds games-fps/alienarena

[Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow 2025-04-12 20:54:59 UTC]

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7a0064504914671cf44b2fb2fcd49cd240c02c55

commit 7a0064504914671cf44b2fb2fcd49cd240c02c55
Author:     NHOrus <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2025-03-28 18:21:14 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2025-04-12 20:53:13 +0000

    games-fps/alienarena: update EAPI 7 -> 8, port to C23
    
    Fixes bugs with missing function decls, const qualifiers,
    and C-style 'class inheritance' with hand-written type tags
    and forgotten casts.
    Home site has broken https page
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/921028
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/881071
    Signed-off-by: NHOrus <[e-mail]>
    Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/41353
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

 games-fps/alienarena/alienarena-7.66-r1.ebuild     |  74 +++++++++++++
 .../alienarena/files/alienarena-7.66-C23.patch     | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 195 insertions(+)