GNU bug report logs - #78933
compilation error after recent 'od' changes

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: compilation error after recent 'od' changes
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:47:02 +0200

After this week's changes in 'od', the CI reports a compilation error
on macOS:

gcc  -I. -I.. -I./lib  -Ilib -I../lib -Isrc -I../src -I/Users/runner/include -I/opt/homebrew/opt/gettext/include -I/opt/homebrew/opt/libiconv/include -Wall  -Wno-format-extra-args -Wno-implicit-const-int-float-conversion -Wno-tautological-constant-out-of-range-compare -g -O2 -MT src/od.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o src/od.o ../src/od.c &&\
mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
../src/od.c:162:16: error: static assertion failed due to requirement '(sizeof (width_bytes) / sizeof *(width_bytes)) == N_SIZE_SPECS': static assertion failed
  162 | static_assert (ARRAY_CARDINALITY (width_bytes) == N_SIZE_SPECS);
      | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bruno

Message #10 received at 78933-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 78933-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78933: compilation error after recent 'od' changes
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:43:33 -0700

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On 2025-06-30 12:47, Bruno Haible via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:

>    162 | static_assert (ARRAY_CARDINALITY (width_bytes) == N_SIZE_SPECS);
>        | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached to fix it.

[0001-od-port-to-Apple-clang-14.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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