git master build fail with gcc 4.8

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 16:34 +0200, Aurélien Aptel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> GCC changed the semantics of some warning flags related to format
> checking. Because of these changes, python headers now trigger
> warnings which are treated as errors (-Werror). This prevents the
> python bindings from compiling:
> 
> --
> $ make
> WAF_MAKE=1 python ./buildtools/bin/waf build
> Waf: Entering directory `/home/knarf/prog/c/samba/bin'
> 	Selected embedded Heimdal build
> [ 127/3920] Generating VERSION
> [ 160/3920] Generating smbd/build_options.c
> [ 711/3920] Compiling lib/ntdb/pyntdb.c
> In file included from /usr/include/python2.7/Python.h:126:0,
>                  from ../lib/ntdb/pyntdb.c:28:
> /usr/include/python2.7/modsupport.h:27:1: error: ‘PyArg_ParseTuple’ is
> an unrecognized format function type [-Werror=format=]
>  PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyArg_ParseTuple(PyObject *, const char *, ...)
> Py_FORMAT_PARSETUPLE(PyArg_ParseTuple, 2, 3);
>  ^
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> Waf: Leaving directory `/home/knarf/prog/c/samba/bin'
> Build failed:  -> task failed (err #1):
> 	{task: cc pyntdb.c -> pyntdb_129.o}
> make: *** [all] Error 1
> --
> 
> I think the bug has been fixed upstream. (see discussion at [1])
> 
> In the meantime I would like to either :
> - compile without -Werror
> - or disable the python bindings
> but I'm not familiar enough with the build system to do so.
> 
> 1: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927358

The bug is a bit hard to parse from the perspective of what is 'wrong'
with Samba (that is fixed again), but for now, configure without
--enable-developer and it should be fine.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
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