On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Compiling libguestfs using gcc-4.6.0-0.11.fc15.x86_64 gives lots of: > > error: assuming signed overflow does not occur when changing X +- C1 cmp C2 to X cmp C1 +- C2 [-Werror=strict-overflow] > > These seem to be associated with code that does 'if (strcmp (s1, s2) == 0)' > > For example: > > dir.c: In function ‘do_rm_rf’: > dir.c:59:7: error: assuming signed overflow does not occur when changing X +- C1 cmp C2 to X cmp C1 +- C2 [-Werror=strict-overflow] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > int > do_rm_rf (const char *path) > { > int r; > char *buf, *err; > > if (STREQ (path, "/")) { <------ here > reply_with_error ("cannot remove root directory"); > return -1; > } > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > where STREQ is a simple macro: > > #define STREQ(a,b) (strcmp((a),(b)) == 0) > I remeber that gnu lib have a similar macro, and last year there was a fix http://old.nabble.com/-PATCH--define-STREQ%28a,-b%29-consistently,-removing-useless-parentheses-td27293621.html But also in libvirt apparently http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-February/msg00010.html Dunno if this if OT or no Regards Regards Regards > AFAIK this code should be correct? I can't find anything at all about > this specific error from Google. > > Rich. > > -- > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a > live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. > http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel