Subject: Re: make build fail while compiling dd
To: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/30/1999 18:46:26
	You probably need to rebuild the compiler - try
	'cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/egcs ; make && make install'


		David/absolute

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Dann Lunsford wrote:

> Situation:  VS3100/M76, 24 megs.  Attempting my first "make build".
> Sup'ed sources a couple of days ago, started build.  Failed a 
> couple of times due to "unable to allocate memory".  Searched 
> a bit, found stuff on archives about unlimit; build got there.
> Went to bed.  This morning, build had failed when compiling
> dd, as follows:
> 
> cc -O2 -pipe  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Werror   -c dd.c
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> dd.c: In function `setup':
> dd.c:159: warning: null format string
> dd.c:164: warning: null format string
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> <further lines elided>
> 
> The lines referenced are both " err(1, NULL);"  Warnings treated as errors?
> Why?  As I said, this is my first NETBSD build, so I'm not
> sure I did everything right,  but this looks slightly broken?
> Anybody got a clue they can send my way?
>