Bug#643445: netcdf: FTBFS: dumplib.c:1008:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]

[Didier Raboud]

Source: netcdf
Version: 1:4.1.1-5
Severity: serious
Tags: wheezy sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20110923 qa-ftbfs hardening-format-security hardening
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part:
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../fortran  -I../nc_test  -I../libsrc4 -I../libsrc4 -I/usr/include      -DgFortran  -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -c -o dumplib.o dumplib.c
> dumplib.c: In function 'ncopaque_val_as_hex':
> dumplib.c:1008:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
> dumplib.c:1008:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> 
> make[5]: *** [dumplib.o] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2011/09/23/netcdf_1:4.1.1-5_lsid64.buildlog

This happened because since dpkg 1.16.0 [0], hardening flags are enabled 
under various conditions.

[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/09/msg00001.html

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at 
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on about 50 AMD64 nodes
of the Grid'5000 platform, using a clean chroot.  Internet was not
accessible from the build systems.