Re: [libvirt] libvirt build failure on armhf (Re: [Xen-devel] [libvirt bisection] complete build-armhf-libvirt)

[Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>]

Ian Campbell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 2014-10-17 at 00:42 +0100, xen.org wrote:
>   
>> *** Found and reproduced problem changeset ***
>>
>>   Bug is in tree:  libvirt git://libvirt.org/libvirt.git
>>   Bug introduced:  24c160376275b7d31f71fbde83af8183cbf744a7
>>   Bug not present: 69f7b67d55316ab7b28fb904b346943497b856a1
>>     
>
> The Xen automated build tests have discovered a built error on armhf. I
> don't think it is Xen specific. Our bisector has fingered the changeset
> below. I've had a skim of the git log from there to master and of the
> outstanding patches on libvir list and I don't see anything which is
> obviously a related fix, so I hope this is still useful/relevant.
>
> An instance of the failure can be seen at
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~xensrcts/logs/30765/build-armhf-libvirt/info.html
>
> The logs say:
> util/virsocketaddr.c: In function 'virSocketAddrIsNumericLocalhost':
> util/virsocketaddr.c:904:17: error: cast increases required alignment of target type [-Werror=cast-align]
> util/virsocketaddr.c:909:17: error: cast increases required alignment of target type [-Werror=cast-align]
>   

Hi Ian,

While catching up on libvirt mail today, I not only saw your report, but
also noticed a fix from Roman

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-October/msg00559.html

Regards,
Jim