Bug 993447 - flex generates comparison between signed and unsigned integer
Summary: flex generates comparison between signed and unsigned integer
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: flex
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Patsy Griffin
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-08-06 00:31 UTC by Phil Oester
Modified: 2013-09-13 01:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: flex-2.5.37-2.fc19
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-09-13 01:10:07 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Phil Oester 2013-08-06 00:31:52 UTC
Attempting to compile netfilter project "nftables" code causes the below errors:

  CC            src/scanner.c
<stdout>: In function ‘nft_lex’:
<stdout>:1789:23: error: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Werror=sign-compare]
<stdout>: In function ‘nft__scan_bytes’:
<stdout>:3659:17: error: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Werror=sign-compare]

Because the version of flex shipped with F19 needs this upstream patch:

http://sourceforge.net/p/flex/flex/ci/c53fd2db8c78fef5afd284c3e64da51bc71cf6c3/

Applying this patch solves the problem, and nftables can be compiled successfully.

Comment 1 Ben Greear 2013-08-30 17:06:52 UTC
I hit this one too...I really hate having to turn off strict compiler warnings for this!

Comment 2 Petr Machata 2013-09-03 19:21:14 UTC
Thanks for the link!

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-09-03 19:21:50 UTC
flex-2.5.37-2.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/flex-2.5.37-2.fc19

Comment 4 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2013-09-05 01:24:40 UTC
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-09-05 01:26:03 UTC
Package flex-2.5.37-2.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing flex-2.5.37-2.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-15759/flex-2.5.37-2.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-09-13 01:10:07 UTC
flex-2.5.37-2.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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