Hello,
I started using codafs very recently, and I noticed it only builds with
gcc-2.9x.
For Mandrake Linux, there is a codafs package in contribs, which is 5.3.17,
which I'd like to update to 5.3.19. The problem is that it has switched to the
gcc-3.2 compiler. For the latest release there still is a gcc-2.9x around,
because the java re is still built with it, and mozilla's java plugin only
works when mozilla is built with gcc-2.9x. I suspect gcc-2.9x will be dropped
after the java packages are built with gcc-3.2.

My question is if the next version of coda can be built with gcc-3.2. If not,
it might become hard to keep it in the distro.
I read this message, which advises against gcc-3.1;
http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/maillists/codalist/codalist-2002/4285.html
The message I got was that even if the build errors are fixed, there might be
other problems which could cause data corruption.

I got a compile error with gcc-3.2 and coda-5.3.19.
The software I use is:
gcc-3.2-2mdk
gcc-c++-3.2-2mdk
glibc-2.2.5-16mdk
kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk
It builds fine with gcc-2.9x

The complete log is at:
http://www.chaosmongers.org/linux/coda-build

Part of the compile log:

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/coda-src/venus'
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o adv_monitor.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/adv_monitor.cc
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o adv_daemon.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/adv_daemon.cc
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o binding.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/binding.cc
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o comm.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/comm.cc
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/comm.cc: In member function
`connent* conn_iterator::operator()()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/comm.cc:601: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class connent'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/comm.cc: In member function
`srvent* srv_iterator::operator()()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/comm.cc:1449: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class srvent'; use pointer to member
instead
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o comm_daemon.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/comm_daemon.cc
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o daemon.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/daemon.cc
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o fso0.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In function `void
FSOInit()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:239: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In function `int
FSO_PriorityFN(bsnode*, bsnode*)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:324: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:325: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In member function
`int fsdb::TranslateFid(ViceFid*, ViceFid*)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:1148: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In member function
`int fsdb::GrabFreeFso(int, fsobj**)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:1259: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In member function
`void fsdb::ReclaimFsos(int, int)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:1277: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In member function
`int fsdb::FreeBlockCount()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:1324: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc: In member function
`void fsdb::ReclaimBlocks(int, int)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso0.cc:1407: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o fso1.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In destructor
`fsobj::~fsobj()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:293: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`int fsobj::Flush()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:642: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In function
`binding* CheckForDuplicates(dlist*, void*)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:1518: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class binding'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`void fsobj::DemoteHdbBindings()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:1585: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class binding'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`void fsobj::DetachHdbBindings()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:1617: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class binding'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`void fsobj::DetachHdbBinding(binding*, int)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:1663: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class binding'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`void fsobj::CacheReport(int, int)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:2384: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:2400: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`void fsobj::print(int)':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:2499: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class binding'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`fsobj* fso_iterator::operator()()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:2614: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc: In member function
`fsobj* fso_vol_iterator::operator()()':
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso1.cc:2631: warning:
invalid offsetof from non-POD type `class fsobj'; use pointer to member
instead
c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-operator-names -MD -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/include
-I/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19 -g -O2 -DVENUS -DTIMING -DVENUSDEBUG
-DRVM_USELWP   -c -o fso_cachefile.o
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso_cachefile.cc
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso_cachefile.cc:136:
default argument given for parameter 1 of `void CacheFile::Create(int = 0)'
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso.h:292: after previous
specification in `void CacheFile::Create(int = 0)'
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso_cachefile.cc:187:
default argument given for parameter 3 of `int CacheFile::Copy(char*, ino_t*,
int = 0)'
/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/coda-5.3.19/coda-src/venus/fso.h:299: after previous
specification in `int CacheFile::Copy(char*, ino_t* = 0, int = 0)'
make[2]: *** [fso_cachefile.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/coda-src/venus'
make[1]: *** [venus] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marcel/rpm/BUILD/obj-5.3.19/coda-src'
make: *** [coda-src] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /home/marcel/rpm/tmp/rpm-tmp.45489 (%build)

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Marcel Pol

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