GNU bug report logs - #33689
Gzip compilation failure

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From: Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad <at> akhlaghi.org>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Gzip compilation failure
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 21:25:12 +0000

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Dear Gzip maintainers,

I am trying to build GNU Gzip 1.9.10-051e (bootstrapped from the Git 
repository) on a Mac OS machine. But I got several compilation errors 
that are shown in the attached file. I would appreciate any thoughts on 
fixing them.

Here is some basic information on the operating system and GCC version.

$ uname -a
Darwin Y.local 15.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Mon Nov 13 21:58:35 PST
2017; root:xnu-3248.72.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

$ gcc --version
gcc (MacPorts gcc49 4.9.4_0) 4.9.4
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Thank you very much for all the great work on GNU Gzip,
Cheers,
Mohammad

[gzip-compilation.txt (text/plain, attachment)]

Message #8 received at 33689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad <at> akhlaghi.org>, 33689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33689: Gzip compilation failure
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 17:00:15 -0800

To debug this, it's helpful to see the preprocessor output. Please try building 
with this command.

make V=1

Suppose the last compilation (i.e., the one that failed) looks like this:

gcc *FLAGS* -c -o gzip.o gzip.c

where *FLAGS* stands for a lot of compiler flags. Then preprocess gzip.c instead 
of compiling it, by running this command:

gcc *FLAGS* -E gzip.c >gzip.i

where *FLAGS* is the same as before. That is, use '-E' rather than '-c -o 
gzip.o', and send the output to gzip.i. Then, please compress gzip.i and reply 
to this email with gzip.i.gz as an attachment.

Message #11 received at 33689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad <at> akhlaghi.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 33689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33689: Gzip compilation failure
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 12:57:28 +0000

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Attached you can see the `gzip.i.gz' file (for version 1.9.10-051e)

I must say that after we tried building the new Gzip 1.10, it built 
finely and without any problems. So probably it has been addressed 
already, I am just sending this tarball to help in confirming if it has 
been fixed.

I am very sorry for this long delay, this bug happened on a friend's 
computer and he was not available until now.

Thanks again for all the great work on Gzip,
Cheers,
Mohammad

[gzip.i.gz (application/gzip, attachment)]

Message #16 received at 33689-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad <at> akhlaghi.org>, 33689-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33689: Gzip compilation failure
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 11:15:50 -0800

Mohammad Akhlaghi wrote:
> 
> I must say that after we tried building the new Gzip 1.10, it built finely and 
> without any problems. So probably it has been addressed already

Thanks for checking. I'm closing the bug.

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