Re: [PATCH 0/1] Using sparse in a CI job

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On 03/02/2019 12:12, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2019 at 01:49:37AM +0000, Ramsay Jones wrote:
>> On 02/02/2019 00:41, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 09:01:20PM +0000, Ramsay Jones wrote:
>>>> At the moment, on Linux, the sp-out file is free from any sparse errors
>>>> or warnings. So are next and pu:
>>>>
>>>>   $ grep error sp-out
>>>>   $ grep warning sp-out
>>>
>>> On 'master' I get:
>>>
>>>   $ grep error sp-out 
>>>   $ grep warning sp-out 
>>>   connect.c:652:40: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   pack-revindex.c:65:23: warning: memset with byte count of 262144
>>>   unix-socket.c:83:26: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   unix-socket.c:108:23: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   daemon.c:1041:36: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   daemon.c:1184:67: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   imap-send.c:1022:42: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   credential-cache--daemon.c:180:37: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (invalid types)
>>>   $ sparse --version
>>>   v0.5.0
>>
>> Yeah, that version of sparse is a bit too old.
>>
>> If memory serves (it may not), all of the 'argument 2 (invalid types)'
>> errors are caused by the glibc headers using a 'transparent union' to
>> define the 'struct sockaddr' type. sparse could not handle that until
>> commit 7698bae699 (aka. v0.5.0-5-g7698bae). The only remaining warning
>> was addressed by commit bcfe020ed9 (aka. v0.5.1-rc1-22-gbcfe020) in
>> sparse and commit 54360a1956 in git.
>>
>> So, it seems you need at least v0.5.2 of sparse on your Linux system
>> (which can't be too recent, or you would need v0.6.0).
> 
> The latest Linux image available on Travis CI is based on Ubuntu 16.04
> LTS, which contains sparse 0.5.0, while their default image is based
> on 14.04, with sparse 0.4.5-rc1.  Even the latest Ubuntu LTS is only
> at 0.5.1.
> 
>   https://travis-ci.org/szeder/git/jobs/488113660#L487
>   https://travis-ci.org/szeder/git/jobs/488113661#L208
> 

Indeed.

[This is why I build sparse from source! :-D ]

With a bit of luck, v0.6.1 will be available soon.

ATB,
Ramsay Jones





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