Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/br101/horst/issues/93 On 2017-09-01 10:46:44, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:43:53PM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote: >> On 31/08/17 21:55, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 08:11:49PM -0400, Christopher Li wrote: >> >> That is very much like on x86_64 missing define "#weak_define __x86_64__ 1" >> >> >> >> Does cgcc work for you? In the future we do want to move the archetecture >> >> related define from cgcc into sparse by itself. For now you can set >> >> "sparse" as "cgcc -no-compile" >> > >> > Yes that works. So to address the Debian bug I can do: >> > >> > - move sparse to /usr/lib >> > - teach cgcc about the move of sparse >> > - make /usr/bin/sparse call cgcc -no-compile "$@" >> >> Hmm, I don't think that would be a good idea ... >> >> > or is it easier to teach sparse about the architecture stuff? >> >> I now understand (I think!) that you are building a sparse >> package (presumably a .deb) and you are concerned that sparse >> does not pass it's own testsuite on those platforms. > > Nearly right. I'm responsible for the sparse Debian package and the > problem at hand is https://bugs.debian.org/873508. This bug report has > "Severity: serious" wihch might eventually result in the removal of > sparse from the Debian archive. > > @anarcat: Given that cgcc seems to work, would you agree to apply the > following patch to horst: > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 4f924fa..d563652 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ $(NAME): $(OBJS) > $(OBJS): .buildflags > > check: > - sparse $(CFLAGS) *.[ch] > + cgcc -no-compile $(CFLAGS) *.[ch] > > clean: > -rm -f *.o radiotap/*.o *~ > > and downgrade the bug to "important"? That would be a compromise that > buys us a bit of time. For what it's worth, this doesn't work with the latest horst. I've reported the bug upstream now and disabled the checks for all architectures now that it also fails on amd64. A. -- Wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein [apocryphal]
