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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] curses of ncurses :(
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:16:45
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=1m=zmWa83vR9yFKxN8j5MEzQygdTgrMG2nr9b1_3MzQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] curses of ncurses :( by Alec Ten Harmsel
1 On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel
2 <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:34:05PM +0300, gevisz wrote:
4 >> Yes, the full system update now proceeded without blocks, however
5 >> with "severe warnings" while compiling firefox. They are provided below.
6 >> But the issue with ncurces blocks seem to be resolved.
7 >>
8 >> Thank you all who replied to this thread.
9 >>
10 >> >>> Completed installing firefox-38.2.0 into /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-38.2.0/image/
11 >>
12 >> * QA Notice: Package triggers severe warnings which indicate that it
13 >> * may exhibit random runtime failures.
14 >> * /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-38.2.0/work/mozilla-esr38/intl/icu/source/i18n/ucol_bld.cpp:807:40:
15 >> warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
16 >> * /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-38.2.0/work/mozilla-esr38/intl/icu/source/i18n/ucol_wgt.cpp:267:57:
17 >> warning: array subscript is below array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
18 >> * /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-38.2.0/work/mozilla-esr38/intl/icu/source/i18n/ucol_wgt.cpp:267:37:
19 >> warning: array subscript is below array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
20 >> * /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-38.2.0/work/mozilla-esr38/intl/icu/source/i18n/ucol_wgt.cpp:267:57:
21 >> warning: array subscript is below array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
22 >> * /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-38.2.0/work/mozilla-esr38/intl/icu/source/i18n/ucol_wgt.cpp:267:37:
23 >> warning: array subscript is below array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
24 >>
25 >> * Please do not file a Gentoo bug and instead report the above QA
26 >> * issues directly to the upstream developers of this software.
27 >> * Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
28 >
29 > This is not a problem related to ncurses - just warnings that gcc
30 > printed during the compile process that developers should actually pay
31 > attention to and fix.
32
33 Per the note, that would be upstream Firefox developers. Of course,
34 anybody can send them a patch.
35
36 --
37 Rich