Re: sample nautilus SRPM does not build on RH 7.0

[Jens Finke <jens eknif de>]

Hi,

On 21 May 2001, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > The sample nautilus SRPM from ftp.linux.org.uk did not build for me on
> > Red Hat 7.0 without removing the "--enable-more-warnings" from the
> > configure options.  Its a Red Hat 7.0 / nautilus 1.0.1.1 bug as opposed
> > to packaging but it may be worth you removing this from future spec
> > files unless its fixed in nautilus.
>
> Do you have the errata from Red Hat 7.0 applied?  I'm guessing that you
> don't, because I built that RPM on a Red Hat 7.0 system, although
> patched to the hilt.  Try grabbing the gcc and glibc patches, at least,
> and see if that works.

I had the same problem with a SuSE 7.0 installation. It's a 'bug' in glibc
somewhere, which results in a number of pointer arithmetic errors. We
shouldn't use this option if it breaks compilation on wide spread systems.
If a user recompiles a package, its mostly a tested official release,
which doesn't stop during compiling. The --enable-more-warnings option is
usefull if you actively develop software and are looking for possible
bugs.

   Jens