Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:53:46 -0400 From: "Craig Reyenga" <creyenga@connectmail.carleton.ca> To: <leimy2k@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Makefile in /usr/src/lib/libdisk WARNS change? PLEASE READ! Message-ID: <000501c30943$9535dda0$0200000a@fireball>
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>Hi, > >I posted the libdisk patch that was heavily ignored two days ago :). >Without it I >couldn't build libdisk and subsequently world. If I lower the WARNS >value >in the libdisk directory Makefiel the source builds without warning and >world >completes. > >The problem is rules.c having a switch/case that handles only 2 of 7 >cases for the >platform value. Adding a simple "default:" [as my patch did] will >repair this problem. > >I should tell you that I clean-installed FBSD 5.0-RELEASE on Saturday >4/19/2003 >and started playing with CURRENT again the very next day at which point >I realized >world wouldn't build. I didn't do much else so I can only assume that >somehow this >could happen to anyone else starting from RELEASE-5 today and >attempting to build >world. > >I have the latest version of the rules.c file [1.29]. I checked CVSWEB >and it has >the exact same code that fails for me in HEAD so I know its not my >source. The >only data involved in the switch is an enum type from libdisk.h which I >also >have the latest version of [1.55]. > >The error is >/usr/src/lib/libdisk/rules.c:264: warning: enumeration value `p_any' >not handled in switch >/usr/src/lib/libdisk/rules.c:264: warning: enumeration value `p_alpha' >not handled in switch >/usr/src/lib/libdisk/rules.c:264: warning: enumeration value >`p_sparc64' not handled in switch >/usr/src/lib/libdisk/rules.c:264: warning: enumeration value `p_ia64' >not handled in switch >/usr/src/lib/libdisk/rules.c:264: warning: enumeration value `p_ppc' >not handled in switch >*** Error code 1. > >I know this isn't a bug in the VM system. Its not solving a kernel >panic or >some other serious commit but it does pose a barrier to those who want >to test CURRENT. > >Should I file a problem report? > >Dave Leimbach I know how you feel, boss. I just started a thread about how my computer dies if I run out of memory, and all I got was a "me too" from another fellow user. No developers jumped in. It seems like unless you have a LOR or a laptop, you get no attention. And no, don't bother filing a bug report because it will stagnate further. -Craig
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