On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 21:54:20 +0200 Frans de Boer <fr...@fransdb.nl> wrote:
> I get an syntax error when compiling pager.c. I had this before and > remembered that gcc 8.1 is less forgiving then the 7 series. Frans, FWIW, there was some discussion about gcc 8.1 issues on the kernel mailing list: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/5/181 But, it seems the problems they mention are just warnings, annoying but they don't actually break anything. There are some gcc 8.1 kernel patches here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git/log/?h=objtool-gcc8 The one of interest are the top two with "Support GCC 8" in the title. But, I think you'll be more interested in the other set of GCC 8 patches here: https://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/151479/ two files in the kernel source are changed: tools/lib/str_error_r.c tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c So, there is your pager.c problem. Looking at the patch code, it seems there are/were potential problems in the kernel code which gcc 8.1 detects and warns (or errors) about. But, gcc 8 itself isn't the cause of these issues. > I don't believe that this is the right thread anymore. Yeah, but the recent little odds and ends here sure are interesting. Cheers, Mike -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
