Build Error on Trunk

[David Reiser]

On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Tom Browder wrote:

> I just updated fron the trunk (r17498), configured using
> '--enable-compile-warnings', and, using gcc-4.3.1, got the following
> errors (it occurs four times in the same file, all at calls of
> G_LOCK(threads) and G_UNLOCK(threads).
>
> io-gncxml-v2.c:1351: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will
> break strict-aliasing rules
>
> I found a thread on the devel list for a similar problem but nothing
> about this. (see
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2008-April/022817.html) 
> .
>
> I get a complete build with 'configure --disable-error-on-warning'.
> Is it safe to use?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Tom
>
> Tom Browder
> Niceville, Florida
> USA

Which version of glib are you using? 2.16.4 and higher reverted the  
change in gthread.h that caused the problem for me in the thread you  
referenced. Disabling error on warning allowed building to continue  
for me, but gnucash didn't run.

I'd suggest updating to glib 2.16.5 (2.18.x might also work, but I  
think they made enough changes in the minor version update to worry  
about ancillary things breaking.) So really, the problem would be if  
you have glib 2.16.2 or 2.16.3 -- or it's a different problem  
entirely. But I'd bet on glib.

Of course, you could downgrade your gcc too, but...

Dave
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