Bug 1830768

Summary: vim-syntastic-cpp fails with Error E117 while parsing cpp files
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andrea Bruna <andbruna>
Component: vim-syntasticAssignee: Martin Jackson <mhjacks>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 42CC: andbruna, mhjacks, mhjacks, papadopoulo, praiskup
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Description Andrea Bruna 2020-05-03 18:01:37 UTC 
Description of problem:

Checking any c++ files (even a trivial 'Hello World' application), vim syntastic plugin fails showing the following warnings and errors:

Error detected while processing function 82:
line    9:
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/avrgcc redirects to unregistered checker c/avrgcc
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/clang_check redirects to unregistered checker c/clang_check
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/clang_tidy redirects to unregistered checker c/clang_tidy
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/cppcheck redirects to unregistered checker c/cppcheck
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/cppclean redirects to unregistered checker c/cppclean
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/flawfinder redirects to unregistered checker c/flawfinder
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/oclint redirects to unregistered checker c/oclint
E605: Exception not caught: Syntastic: Checker c/pc_lint redirects to unregistered checker c/pc_lint
Error detected while processing function <SNR>26_BufWritePostHook[4]..<SNR>26_UpdateErrors[15]..<SNR>26_CacheErrors[39]..18[1]..17[24]..SyntaxCheckers_cpp_gcc_GetLocList:
line    1:
E117: Unknown function: syntastic#c#GetLocList
Error detected while processing function <SNR>26_BufWritePostHook[4]..<SNR>26_UpdateErrors[15]..<SNR>26_CacheErrors[39]..18[1]..40:
line    3:
E712: Argument of filter() must be a List or Dictionary


Apparently the issue lies in package vim-syntastic-c not being a dependency for vim-syntastic-cpp although both are needed (at least when using gcc or cppcheck as external checkers for c-like languages).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
vim-syntastic 3.10.0-4
vim-minimal, vim-common and vim-enhanced 2:8.2.587-1

How reproducible:
Open any c++ files, try to save with :w

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install any flavour of vim then vim-syntastic and vim-syntastic-cpp
2. Create a minimal c++ skeleton app (with or without syntax error, it does not matter)
3. activate the control over the syntax by trying to save the file as foo.cpp with command :w

Actual results:
The list of warnings/errors reported above

Expected results:
Syntax checking is performed and syntax errors are highlighted in the source code

Additional info:
Comment 1 Fedora Program Management 2021-04-29 17:10:08 UTC 
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Comment 3 Théodore Papadopoulo 2025-08-07 14:11:10 UTC 
Please re-open this bug. The problem still exists in 2025 !!!
And it is a simple dependency to add on the spec file.
Without vim-syntastic-c I get exactly the same errors mentioned above.
They disappear when this package is installed...

I'm on a fedora 42, x86_64 machine.
Comment 4 Théodore Papadopoulo 2025-08-07 14:14:46 UTC 
Added the (seemingly) current maintainer of these packages in CC. Sorry mhjacks if I'm wrong.
Comment 5 Martin Jackson 2025-08-07 16:01:54 UTC 
I'm the right maintainer. I think I took vim-syntastic after Fedora 32 so I never saw this, sorry.

It's a little trickier to add this dependency because all of the subpackages are generated via macro, but I'll look at a way to do it without breaking everything.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-08-08 15:09:45 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-6e06a5e0af (vim-syntastic-3.10.0-28.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-6e06a5e0af
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-08-08 15:31:15 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-9a3de6f432 (vim-syntastic-3.10.0-28.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-9a3de6f432
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-08-09 04:00:19 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-9a3de6f432 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-9a3de6f432`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-9a3de6f432

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-08-09 04:08:37 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-6e06a5e0af has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-6e06a5e0af`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-6e06a5e0af

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-08-17 00:57:23 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-9a3de6f432 (vim-syntastic-3.10.0-28.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2025-08-17 01:12:39 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-6e06a5e0af (vim-syntastic-3.10.0-28.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.