patches/binutils/2.17/501-binutils-2.15-psignal.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Sun Feb 17 22:12:59 2008 +0000 (2008-02-17)
changeset 433 9886aa0a9694
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Robert P. J. DAY says:

According to Mike Frysinger, this patch was removed from Gentoo in the
2.3.x series and didn't seem to cause any adverse effects. So toss it
from the patch directories for glibc 2.5 and up.
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Make psignal prototype in libiberty match that in glibc.
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Fixes:
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gcc-2.95.3-glibc-2.1.3/binutils-2.15/libiberty/strsignal.c: In function `psignal':
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gcc-2.95.3-glibc-2.1.3/binutils-2.15/libiberty/strsignal.c:563: argument `signo' doesn't match prototype
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/usr/include/signal.h:131: prototype declaration
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gcc-2.95.3-glibc-2.1.3/binutils-2.15/libiberty/strsignal.c:563: argument `message' doesn't match prototype
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/usr/include/signal.h:131: prototype declaration
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gcc-2.95.3-glibc-2.1.3/binutils-2.15/libiberty/strsignal.c:568: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
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mprotect... make[1]: *** [strsignal.o] Error 1
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make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/hda3/dkegel/queue/jobdir.produser_cpsm17/crosstool-0.32/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-2.95.3-glibc-2.1.3/build-binutils/libiberty'
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make: *** [all-libiberty] Error 2
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when building on red hat 7.1
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though it's a bit of a mystery why libiberty's psignal is being compiled at
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all, since red hat 7.1's glibc supports psignal (hence the error message)
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--- binutils-2.17/libiberty/strsignal.c.old	2005-04-18 13:57:40.000000000 -0700
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+++ binutils-2.17/libiberty/strsignal.c	2005-04-18 13:59:09.000000000 -0700
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@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
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 /*
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-@deftypefn Supplemental void psignal (unsigned @var{signo}, char *@var{message})
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+@deftypefn Supplemental void psignal (int @var{signo}, const char *@var{message})
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 Print @var{message} to the standard error, followed by a colon,
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 followed by the description of the signal specified by @var{signo},