FS#75435 - [expect] FTBFS

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Michal Wojdyla (micwoj92) - Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 03:28 GMT
Last edited by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Sunday, 31 July 2022, 14:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jelle van der Waa (jelly)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: Build fails due to default `-Werror=format-security` flag in makepkg.conf.


Additional info:
* package version: 5.45.4-2
* config and/or log files etc. N/A
* link to upstream bug report, if any N/A

Steps to reproduce:
1. makepkg -si

2. error
exp_clib.c: In function ‘expDiagLogU’:
exp_clib.c:1479:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
1479 | fprintf(stderr,str);
| ^~~~~~~
exp_clib.c:1480:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
1480 | if (exp_logfile) fprintf(exp_logfile,str);
| ^~


3. adding CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wno-error=format-security" fixes issue, builds succesfully
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Closed by  Jelle van der Waa (jelly)
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 14:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  fixed in expect-5.45.4-3
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 21:44 GMT
Patch for the issue [1] from Fedora. Upstream project appears dead. Fedora also applies patches for a buffer overflow, a memory leak and a file descriptor leak among other things.

[1] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/expect/blob/rawhide/f/expect-5.45-format-security.patch

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