Re: Error building Bash-5.2.37 (12.3-systemd)

On 6/28/25 12:36 AM, 袁博实 ([email protected] via lfs-support Mailing List) 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I encountered build errors when building bash, I (seem to) have fixed
> them, so I would like to provide some feedbacks.
> 
> Book version: 12.3-systemd
> Host OS $(uname -r): 6.15.3-arch1-1
> The output from the Host System Requirements script: All OK
> 
> The section: 6.4. Bash-5.2.37
> 
> I followed every step of the book, but when building bash (running
> make), I encountered the following error:
> 
> mkbuiltins.c:267:29: error: too many arguments to function 'xmalloc';
> expected 0, have 1
>    267 |error_directory = xmalloc (2 + strlen (argv[arg_index]));
>        |                  ^~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The error messages are too long so I only included the first error.
> 
> After search on the Internet
> (https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-03/msg00063.html), I
> found that this is due to the C23 standards in newer versions of GCC.
> 
> So I "export CFLAGS=-std=gnu17" then the problem is solved. I haven't
> finished the book so I'm not sure whether there would be further issues.
> 
> This problem does not seem to be due to cross-compilation, since the
> bulding of Bash-5.2.37 also fails with my host compiler (gcc 15.1.1).
> Bash-5.3-rc2 can be built with my host compiler, but I have not yet
> tested in cross-compilation configuration.

It sounds like you are mixing packages from the development book (gcc-15) and the 
stable book (bash-5.2.37).  You need to be consistent.  In the development book, the 
current version of bash is 5.3-rc2.  For first time users we recommend using the 
stable book.

You do not say what the host version of gcc is.  If it is indeed gcc-15, then you do 
need to use the development book with bash and readline both using versions 5.3-rc2.

   -- Bruce

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