Bug 1388420 - rsyslog7 has a warning: dereferencing pointer 'ipv6' does break strict-aliasing rules
Summary: rsyslog7 has a warning: dereferencing pointer 'ipv6' does break strict-aliasi...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rsyslog7
Version: 6.9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Radovan Sroka
QA Contact: Stefan Dordevic
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-25 10:16 UTC by Radovan Sroka
Modified: 2017-03-21 11:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rsyslog7-7.4.10-7.el6
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Last Closed: 2017-03-21 11:07:53 UTC
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patch that resolves warning (1.62 KB, patch)
2016-10-25 10:23 UTC, Radovan Sroka 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0717 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE rsyslog7 bug fix and enhancement update 2017-03-21 12:41:34 UTC

Description Radovan Sroka 2016-10-25 10:16:40 UTC 
Description of problem:

Type pun (strict-aliasing) warning seen in x86_64 build log:
    771  net.c: In function 'debugListenInfo':
    772  net.c:1101: warning: dereferencing pointer 'ipv6' does break strict-aliasing rules


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rsyslog7-7.4.10-6.el6

How reproducible:

Always.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build rsyslog

Actual results:
Build log contains this warning

Expected results:
Build log does not contain this warning
Comment 1 Radovan Sroka 2016-10-25 10:23:28 UTC 
Created attachment 1213822 [details]
patch that resolves warning
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 11:07:53 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/RHBA-2017-0717.html
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