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

> 2025年6月29日 01:54，Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via lfs-support Mailing List) <[email protected]> wrote：
> 
> 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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Thanks Bruce, I’m not mixing the development book and the stable book.
However, the host system’s gcc is gcc-15. I didn't mention that since I
thought the host system’s compiler would not matter when using the
cross-compiler. Thanks again.

Boshi Yuan

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