Bug#777935: mod_perl2, MP_INLINE and gcc 5

Steve Hay steve.m.hay at googlemail.com
Wed Jun 17 21:26:47 UTC 2015


On 17 June 2015 at 19:57, Niko Tyni <ntyni at debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 08:27:28PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
>
>> mod_perl2 (up to and including 2.0.9-RC3) fails to build with GCC 5,
>> because the default inline semantics have changed from GNU89 to C99 and
>> require changes in mod_perl source.
>
> Ah, reading my own references properly, it looks like it might be a
> bit more complicated than that, and probably only happens when apr and
> mod_perl are compiled with different inline semantics. Is that correct?
>
> Sorry for the confusion. I still think a note somewhere could help...

I was just about to roll the release this evening when I saw this. A
minor README update surely doesn't warrant a new RC so I'm prepared to
slip the note in now. Is the wording still accurate, given that the
situation is more complicated than you first thought?



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