Subject: build keeps failing in 1.4 series
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Mipam <mipam@ibb.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/28/2000 17:33:02
Hi,

I am trying now to do a new build as i always do from 1.4.3.
On this machine is the 1.4.3 release version.
The build of the release source didnt work well.
After trying stuff again and again i descided to remove the complete
source tree and make all again without changes to the source.
However, the build keeps failing here:

nroff -Tascii -mandoc /usr/src/libexec/rexecd/rexecd.8 > rexecd.cat8
all ===> libexec/rlogind
nroff -Tascii -mandoc /usr/src/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.8 > rlogind.cat8
all ===> libexec/rmail
cc -O2  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Werror   -c /usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c: In function `main':
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:193: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:204: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:210: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:226: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:254: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:260: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:302: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:306: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:319: warning: null format string
/usr/src/libexec/rmail/rmail.c:331: warning: null format string
*** Error code 1

Stop.

I cannot imagine other who follow this release do not have this
problem? Any suggestion what i can do now to remedy this?
Excluding rmail from the build tree isnt the most nice option.
Bye,

Mipam.