On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:33:13AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Source: tack
> Version: 1.07-1
> Tags: buster sid fixed-upstream
>
> With libncurses5-dev from experimental, tack FTBFS. From the build log:
>
> ,----
> | gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
> -DXTSTRINGDEFINES -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/tack-1.07=.
> -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security control.c
> | In file included from ./tack.h:51:0,
> | from control.c:22:
> | control.c: In function 'alloc_arrays':
> | ./tack.h:78:32: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type 'TERMINAL
> {aka struct term}'
> | #define CUR_TP (&(cur_term->type))
> | ^
> | ./tack.h:79:33: note: in expansion of macro 'CUR_TP'
> | #define MAX_STRINGS NUM_STRINGS(CUR_TP)
> | ^~~~~~
> | control.c:81:45: note: in expansion of macro 'MAX_STRINGS'
> | pads = (struct test_results **)calloc(MAX_STRINGS, sizeof(struct
> test_results *));
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
> | Makefile:242: recipe for target '../tack-1.07/control.o' failed
> `----
>
> The reason is the following change in ncurses:
>
> ,----
> | 20170318
> | + change TERMINAL structure in term.h to make it opaque. Some
> | applications misuse its members, e.g., directly modifying it
> | rather than using def_prog_mode().
> `----
>
> The latest upstream snapshot at
> ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/current/tack-1.07-20170318.tgz
> fixes the problem, it might be good to package it after the stretch
> release. Or persuade upstream to release tack 1.08, since 1.07 is
> already over seven years old.Debian's package hasn't kept up with any of the other changes in tack. Let's see how long it takes for it to be updated to 1.08: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tack/CHANGES.html -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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