Hi list
I was testing the tag for v1.3.0-rc1 on my asus p2b recently and decided to try the meson build, which ended up failing. It built and functioned like usual with make though.
It appears to halt the build because of a warning and Werror and I've attached the console log from the build process in a debian sid 686 chroot. It also fails the same way on the raspberrypi 1b.
I'm not sure that there is much I can do besides reporting on it, but for now I'm fine staying with make.
Branden
Hello Branden,
First of all, thanks heaps for testing v1.3.0-rc1 and posting on the list!
I looked at the logs, it seems you have this issue which was discovered some time earlier: https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/407 The issue has been reported on the #flashrom irc channel, and potential solution has been suggested by reporter (see the description in the ticket). I currently don't have a 32-bit Linux environment, so I haven't done anything yet :\ But looks like you have an environment, would you be able to test the fix ? That would be so helpful! Maybe you will be able to send a patch? :) I am looking at the proposed solution in the ticket, and it very likely will work.
The root cause of the issue is: warnings in unit tests when building for 32-bit Linux. And since we enabled the mode "treat warnings as errors", this fails the build. As a workaround, you can disable Werror by running in your builddir:
meson configure -Dwerror=false
This option is sticky: if you run it once the mode will stay until you enable werror again.
Another option is to build without unit tests, although it is less ideal because unit tests are useful.
Initially we did not mark this bug as release blocking, since it can be worked around relatively easily. But if you are able to send a patch we will gladly accept it and cherry-pick into the release branch!
Let me know what you think? In any case, many thanks for your effort!
I applied the patch and it built successfully without any further warnings/errors. I also flashed a new build of coreboot with this build without any issue (not that I expected any).
Branden Waldner
Very good news, thank you for the update!
Would you agree to send a patch to Gerrit? Have you used Gerrit before? I think you are the best person to send a patch, because you have the environment, and you did the actual testing.
As a plan B I could send a patch and add you as Tested-By , and a code reviewer. But the first option would be ideal, if this is possible?
Branden, I made a patch with that: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/72038 If you could have a look and say whether this is what you have tested? If you have an account in Gerrit you can approve the patch, if not you can just reply here.
Would you like to be added as Tested-By tag? That would mean your real name and email, if you agree on that.
Thank you!
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Branden Waldner