[Qemu-devel] ncurses 5.3 conflicts with latest qemu

[Qemu-devel] ncurses 5.3 conflicts with latest qemu

[Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008]

Hi,

A recent patch in qemu conflicts with old ncurses libraries (version 5.3). You will see this error cause by bool type redefinition in curses.h (with CONFIG_CURSES configured by default):

console.c: In function 'text_console_init':
console.c:1550:23: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type

the qemu patch exposing this problem is:

curses: fix garbling when chtype != long
author	Devin J. Pohly <djpohly+launchpad@gmail.com>	
	Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:44:36 +0000 (15:44 -0400)
committer	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>	
	Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:58:16 +0000 (12:58 -0500)
commit	df00bed0fa30a6f5712456e7add783e470c534c9

The problem seems to be fixed in newer versions of ncurses (5.7 and above). I just looked over the sources, so better if someone can confirm this. 
Here is a qemu patch that solve the conflict with old ncurses:


Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman <address@hidden>
---
Fix compile errors with old ncurses libraries (version 5.3) caused by bool type redefinition.

 qemu-common.h |    3 +++
 console.h     |    1 -

 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h index 5e87bdf..9ac15ba 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ typedef struct Monitor Monitor;  #include <stdlib.h>  #include <stdio.h>  #include <stdarg.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
+#include <curses.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <strings.h>
diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
index 9c1487e..3327c43 100644
--- a/console.h
+++ b/console.h
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static inline int ds_get_bytes_per_pixel(DisplayState *ds)  }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
-#include <curses.h>
 typedef chtype console_ch_t;
 #else
 typedef unsigned long console_ch_t;
--
1.7.4.1

Re: [Qemu-devel] ncurses 5.3 conflicts with latest qemu

[andrzej zaborowski]

Hi,

On 17 November 2011 10:06, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
<B02008@freescale.com> wrote:
> A recent patch in qemu conflicts with old ncurses libraries (version 5.3). You will see this error cause by bool type redefinition in curses.h (with CONFIG_CURSES configured by default):
>
> console.c: In function 'text_console_init':
> console.c:1550:23: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type
>
> the qemu patch exposing this problem is:
>
> curses: fix garbling when chtype != long
> author  Devin J. Pohly <djpohly+launchpad@gmail.com>
>        Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:44:36 +0000 (15:44 -0400)
> committer       Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>        Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:58:16 +0000 (12:58 -0500)
> commit  df00bed0fa30a6f5712456e7add783e470c534c9
>
> The problem seems to be fixed in newer versions of ncurses (5.7 and above). I just looked over the sources, so better if someone can confirm this.
> Here is a qemu patch that solve the conflict with old ncurses:
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman <address@hidden>
> ---
> Fix compile errors with old ncurses libraries (version 5.3) caused by bool type redefinition.
>
>  qemu-common.h |    3 +++
>  console.h     |    1 -
>
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h index 5e87bdf..9ac15ba 100644
> --- a/qemu-common.h
> +++ b/qemu-common.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ typedef struct Monitor Monitor;  #include <stdlib.h>  #include <stdio.h>  #include <stdarg.h>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
> +#include <curses.h>
> +#endif
>  #include <stdbool.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <strings.h>
> diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
> index 9c1487e..3327c43 100644
> --- a/console.h
> +++ b/console.h
> @@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static inline int ds_get_bytes_per_pixel(DisplayState *ds)  }
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
> -#include <curses.h>
>  typedef chtype console_ch_t;
>  #else
>  typedef unsigned long console_ch_t;

While very fragile it looks like the easiest fix, so I'd like to push
this if there's no objection.  It builds fine for me.

The solution would probably be to include <curses.h> only from inside
ui/curses.c, and define chtype at configure time, or guess it.

Cheers

Re: [Qemu-devel] ncurses 5.3 conflicts with latest qemu

[Stefan Weil]

Am 05.12.2011 20:13, schrieb andrzej zaborowski:
> Hi,
>
> On 17 November 2011 10:06, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
> <B02008@freescale.com> wrote:
>> A recent patch in qemu conflicts with old ncurses libraries (version 
>> 5.3). You will see this error cause by bool type redefinition in 
>> curses.h (with CONFIG_CURSES configured by default):
>>
>> console.c: In function 'text_console_init':
>> console.c:1550:23: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type
>>
>> the qemu patch exposing this problem is:
>>
>> curses: fix garbling when chtype != long
>> author  Devin J. Pohly <djpohly+launchpad@gmail.com>
>>        Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:44:36 +0000 (15:44 -0400)
>> committer       Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>>        Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:58:16 +0000 (12:58 -0500)
>> commit  df00bed0fa30a6f5712456e7add783e470c534c9
>>
>> The problem seems to be fixed in newer versions of ncurses (5.7 and 
>> above). I just looked over the sources, so better if someone can 
>> confirm this.
>> Here is a qemu patch that solve the conflict with old ncurses:
>>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman <address@hidden>
>> ---
>> Fix compile errors with old ncurses libraries (version 5.3) caused by 
>> bool type redefinition.
>>
>>  qemu-common.h |    3 +++
>>  console.h     |    1 -
>>
>>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h index 5e87bdf..9ac15ba 100644
>> --- a/qemu-common.h
>> +++ b/qemu-common.h
>> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ typedef struct Monitor Monitor;  #include 
>> <stdlib.h>  #include <stdio.h>  #include <stdarg.h>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
>> +#include <curses.h>
>> +#endif
>>  #include <stdbool.h>
>>  #include <string.h>
>>  #include <strings.h>
>> diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
>> index 9c1487e..3327c43 100644
>> --- a/console.h
>> +++ b/console.h
>> @@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static inline int 
>> ds_get_bytes_per_pixel(DisplayState *ds)  }
>>
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
>> -#include <curses.h>
>>  typedef chtype console_ch_t;
>>  #else
>>  typedef unsigned long console_ch_t;
>
> While very fragile it looks like the easiest fix, so I'd like to push
> this if there's no objection. It builds fine for me.
>
> The solution would probably be to include <curses.h> only from inside
> ui/curses.c, and define chtype at configure time, or guess it.
>
> Cheers

Even Debian Lenny already has ncurses 5.7 and does not
need this patch.

Is there a good reason why very old buggy versions of ncurses
should be supported? Redefining bool is a bug!

When I had the same problem some time ago, I fixed my local
installation...

Adding include files to qemu-common.h adds a little compile time
for a lot of files, therefore I'd not do it here.

If you choose to do it nevertheless, a comment in the source
which explains the reason for curses.h would be good.

Cheers,

Stefan

Re: [Qemu-devel] ncurses 5.3 conflicts with latest qemu

[andrzej zaborowski]

On 5 December 2011 22:44, Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de> wrote:
> Am 05.12.2011 20:13, schrieb andrzej zaborowski:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 17 November 2011 10:06, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
>> <B02008@freescale.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A recent patch in qemu conflicts with old ncurses libraries (version
>>> 5.3). You will see this error cause by bool type redefinition in curses.h
>>> (with CONFIG_CURSES configured by default):
>>>
>>> console.c: In function 'text_console_init':
>>> console.c:1550:23: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type
>>>
>>> the qemu patch exposing this problem is:
>>>
>>> curses: fix garbling when chtype != long
>>> author  Devin J. Pohly <djpohly+launchpad@gmail.com>
>>>       Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:44:36 +0000 (15:44 -0400)
>>> committer       Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>>>       Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:58:16 +0000 (12:58 -0500)
>>> commit  df00bed0fa30a6f5712456e7add783e470c534c9
>>>
>>> The problem seems to be fixed in newer versions of ncurses (5.7 and
>>> above). I just looked over the sources, so better if someone can confirm
>>> this.
>>> Here is a qemu patch that solve the conflict with old ncurses:
>>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>> Fix compile errors with old ncurses libraries (version 5.3) caused by
>>> bool type redefinition.
>>>
>>>  qemu-common.h |    3 +++
>>>  console.h     |    1 -
>>>
>>>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h index 5e87bdf..9ac15ba 100644
>>> --- a/qemu-common.h
>>> +++ b/qemu-common.h
>>> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ typedef struct Monitor Monitor;  #include <stdlib.h>
>>>  #include <stdio.h>  #include <stdarg.h>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
>>> +#include <curses.h>
>>> +#endif
>>>  #include <stdbool.h>
>>>  #include <string.h>
>>>  #include <strings.h>
>>> diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
>>> index 9c1487e..3327c43 100644
>>> --- a/console.h
>>> +++ b/console.h
>>> @@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static inline int ds_get_bytes_per_pixel(DisplayState
>>> *ds)  }
>>>
>>>  #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
>>> -#include <curses.h>
>>>  typedef chtype console_ch_t;
>>>  #else
>>>  typedef unsigned long console_ch_t;
>>
>>
>> While very fragile it looks like the easiest fix, so I'd like to push
>> this if there's no objection. It builds fine for me.
>>
>> The solution would probably be to include <curses.h> only from inside
>> ui/curses.c, and define chtype at configure time, or guess it.
>>
>> Cheers
>
>
> Even Debian Lenny already has ncurses 5.7 and does not
> need this patch.
>
> Is there a good reason why very old buggy versions of ncurses
> should be supported? Redefining bool is a bug!
>
> When I had the same problem some time ago, I fixed my local
> installation...

Makes sense.  Turns out that 5.3 was released in 2002 and from the
changelog it looks like the problem was fixed on 2004-01-17 or
earlier.  I'll send a patch for configure to refuse ncurses versions
older than that.

Cheers