Just to be clear: The backport is already in 1.6.x as https://github.com/apache/apr-util/commit/e1bda0e77196de34ac08bdf446a6522a2f6c7ca7 or r1937013. It is not yet part of a released version of apr-util 1.6.x.
Regards Rüdiger On 10/1/26 6:48 PM, Jerry Martinez via dev wrote: > Yes! Sorry for not being explicit in that regard. > > *Jerry Martinez* > Owner & Lead Developer > > *JM Web Services, Inc* > (786) 412-1660 | www.jmweb.net <https://www.jmweb.net/> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > *From:* Eric Covener <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2026 12:45 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Jerry Martinez <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Request to backport b19cf07e to apr-util 1.6.x > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jerry Martinez via dev > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Would it be possible to backport commit >> b19cf07e6474686fcff663e314ce4fa373299b0d to the apr-util 1.6.x branch? >> >> Starting with apr-util 1.6.4, my httpd build fails on an older GCC version >> at: >> >> crypto/apr_passwd.c:73:20: error: missing binary operator before token "(" >> #if __has_attribute(always_inline) >> >> apr-util 1.6.3 builds successfully in the same environment. >> >> The change in b19cf07e appears to address this exact portability issue by >> providing the __has_attribute fallback unconditionally > when it is not defined. >> >> Since 1.6.x is still the current release line, I wanted to ask whether this >> fix is appropriate for backporting rather than > waiting for a future 1.7 release. >> > > Just to be clear, I guess you would also need a 1.6.x release?
