Bug#713594: mssh: FTBFS: pango-font.h:380:33: error: ISO C restricts enumerator values to range of 'int' [-Wpedantic]

Axel Beckert abe at debian.org
Sat Jun 29 11:11:52 UTC 2013


Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 mssh 1.2-3
Control: retitle -2 mssh: Should not use -Werror
Control: severity -2 important

Hi Michael,

Michael Biebl wrote:
> > In the meanwhile I could confirm that removing the -Wpedantic (in
> > src/Makefile.am plus using dh-autoreconf) would fix the FTBFS of mssh.
> > 
> > In case your update takes a while, I could upload an mssh with a
> > workaround if wanted.
> 
> Using -Werror in a package is bound to result in such failures.
> So I would argue this is a bug in mssh.

Ok, fixing that indeed sounds less bumpy. Hence cloning this bug into
a (less severe) bug against mssh.

> Fwiw, it should be enough to set
> export CFLAGS="-Wno-error"
> in debian/rules without having to patch Makefile.am

Thanks for that hint. I'll try that (or something similar), too.

		Regards, Axel
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