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Bug 1338673

Summary:	glibc: GCC 6 enablement for struct sockaddr_storage [el6]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Florian Weimer <fweimer>
Component:	glibc	Assignee:	DJ Delorie <dj>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Sergey Kolosov <skolosov>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Mark Flitter <mflitter>
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.9	CC:	ashankar, codonell, dj, fweimer, jridky, kdudka, mcermak, mflitter, mnewsome, pfrankli, skolosov
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Patch, Reopened
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	glibc-2.12-1.207.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Resolution for gcc compatibility issue with "sockaddr_in" The default RHEL 6 compiler has rules about how to copy "struct sockaddr_in" that are substantially different to those used by later versions of gcc (E.g. the tools provided with Red Hat Developer Toolset). This caused corrupted sockaddr_in overlays when using newer compilers. This update changes the way the "unused" portions of the sockaddr_in structure are defined. Now, newer versions of gcc will copy them correctly. Note that -fno-strict-aliasing is still required for compiling such sources.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1337291	Environment:
Last Closed:	2017-03-21 10:36:40 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1337291, 1338672
Bug Blocks:	1361283

Description Florian Weimer 2016-05-23 08:50:27 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1337291 +++

The current struct sockaddr_storage definition causes problems with GCC 6 which are not fixed by -fno-strict-aliasing.  We need to backport a definition which compensates for this.

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 10:36:40 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html