[U-Boot] [PATCH] Fix sandbox build on Ubuntu 10.04

Stephen Warren
2015-11-16T06:48:38Z

On 11/15/2015 07:07 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 11:53:49PM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>
>> gcc 4.4.3 (which is the default native compiler on x86-64 Ubuntu
>> 10.04) doesn't seem to like initializers for sub-fields of
>> anonymous unions. Solve this by replacing the initialization with
>> an assignment. This fixes:
>>
>> lib/lz4_wrapper.c: In function ?ulz4fn?: lib/lz4_wrapper.c:97:
>> error: unknown field ?raw? specified in initializer
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
>
> So Ubuntu 10.04 hit end of life this past April. I can be
> convinced but as I'm personally staring down upgrading my 12.04
> machine I need some reason.

For some reason I though the support life was 5 years desktop and
longer for server, but it looks like 5 years was the server period. Oh
well.

I suspect this patch may still be useful though; RHEL5 is still
supported until March 31, 2017[1], and apparently has an even older
compiler (gcc 4.1.x)[2]

[1] https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
[2] https://access.redhat.com/solutions/19458