Control: tag -1 - patch I've already applied a patch for this. On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 18:08 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > Control: tags -1 patch > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:28:27PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 12:27 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > > Package: linux-source-3.2 > > > Version: 3.2.81-1 > > > Severity: important > > > > > > SSIA: > > > > > > ?? CC????????????fs/fcntl.o > > > fs/fcntl.c: In function 'setfl': > > > fs/fcntl.c:186:31: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > > fs/fcntl.c:187:30: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > > make[2]: *** [fs/fcntl.o] Error 1 > > > make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... > > > > > > That would be a problem for this update, this hunk of code is new for > > > 3.2.81.????Seems someone forgot a header (I'm not yet sure which). > > > > This code was added as part of the fix for??#627782. ??It builds > > successfully in Debian's own configurations. > > > > It looks like this build failure occurs if CONFIG_MODULES is disabled?? > > and you should be able to avoid it by enabling that. > > Problem is that was a very deliberate on the particular computer. > Unusual, but something that *should* work. > > I've got a partial patch for general consumption attached. I'm pretty > sure the changes done for #627782 are buggy. If someone builds a kernel > with AUFS built into the kernel the test in fcntl.c will fail (the test > only works if AUFS is a module). Yes, I'm afraid so. I can imagine that in future we might generate the linux-source package without the ABI maintenance hacks, but it's not a high priority for me. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Usenet is essentially a HUGE group of people passing notes in class. - Rachel Kadel, `A Quick Guide to Newsgroup Etiquette'
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