http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57287
Bug ID: 57287 Summary: GCC 4.9.0 fails to build GDB on Ubuntu 12.04 Product: gcc Version: 4.9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: muhammad_bilal at mentor dot com While I was building the latest GDB CVS source code with gcc (GCC) 4.9.0 20130513 (experimental) with building step with building step $CC="/home/mbilal/gcc-svn/install/bin/gcc" ./../src/configure --prefix=/home/mbilal/commit-gdb-cvs/install $ make I got errors -MF .deps/py-framefilter.Tpo -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -fwrapv .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c In file included from .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:24:0: .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c: In function ‘enumerate_locals’: .././../src/gdb/exceptions.h:152:31: error: ‘buf’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \ ^ .././../src/gdb/exceptions.h:152:31: note: ‘buf’ was declared here EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \ ^ .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:839:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘TRY_CATCH’ TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL) ^ .././../src/gdb/exceptions.h:152:31: error: ‘buf’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \ ^ .././../src/gdb/exceptions.h:152:31: note: ‘buf’ was declared here EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \ ^ .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:782:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘TRY_CATCH’ TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL) ^ .././../src/gdb/exceptions.h:152:31: error: ‘buf’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \ ^ .././../src/gdb/exceptions.h:152:31: note: ‘buf’ was declared here EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \ ^ .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:762:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘TRY_CATCH’ TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL) ^ .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:732:23: error: ‘locals_cleanups’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] struct cleanup *locals_cleanups; ^ .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:731:11: error: ‘local_indent’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] int local_indent = 8 + (8 * indent); ^ cc1: all warnings being treated as errors make[2]: *** [py-framefilter.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mbilal/commit-gdb-cvs/objdir/gdb' make[1]: *** [all-gdb] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mbilal/commit-gdb-cvs/objdir' make: *** [all] Error 2 But something looks really bogus with errors like .././../src/gdb/python/py-framefilter.c:731:11: error: ‘local_indent’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] int local_indent = 8 + (8 * indent); First I reported a bug on GDB bugzilla http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15463#c4