Bug 5680 - elfutils fails to compile with GCC 4.8
Summary: elfutils fails to compile with GCC 4.8
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: devtools / tool chain (show other bugs)
Version: 1.3
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Low janitors
Target Milestone: 1.3.2
Assignee: Unassigned
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Reported: 2013-12-19 18:44 UTC by Esteve Fernandez
Modified: 2014-04-23 15:15 UTC (History)
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Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

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This patch replaces %a with %m so elfutils can be compiled with GCC 4.8 (2.89 KB, patch)
2013-12-19 18:44 UTC, Esteve Fernandez 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Esteve Fernandez 2013-12-19 18:44:13 UTC 
Created attachment 1686 [details]
This patch replaces %a with %m so elfutils can be compiled with GCC 4.8

Newer versions of GCC (>= 4.8) removed obsolete format sequence "%a" and introduced "%m" instead. Elfutils fails to compile on platforms that ship with GCC 4.8 (such as Ubuntu 13.10).
Comment 1 Saul Wold 2013-12-30 18:45:34 UTC 
The 1.3 version of code is now in community support, so please propose the patch to the mailing list as you already have the patch completed, please add the appropriate patch Header to the fix_for_gcc-4.8.patch, which needs a Upstream-Status: Backport and Signed-off-by:

The newer versions of oe-core already have this fix in it, 1.5 supports building on Ubuntu 13.10
Comment 2 Saul Wold 2014-04-23 15:15:38 UTC 
Patch is available here if needed, was never submitted to mailing list as suggested