Re: pkg/33708: failure compiling misc/rpm

[joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/33708; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/33708: failure compiling misc/rpm
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:42:33 +0200

 On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:50:02PM +0000, Johnny Lam wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/33708; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Johnny Lam <jlam%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/33708: failure compiling misc/rpm
 > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:51:09 -0400
 > 
 >  joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost wrote:
 >  >  On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:35:00AM +0000, César Catrián Carreño wrote:
 >  >  > Using gettext-lib and pkgsrc's iconv, compiler can't find functions:
 >  >  
 >  >  Even though this is a genuine and real problem, we currently *don't*
 >  >  support this configuration, since too many things break by NetBSD's lack
 >  >  of argument reordering support in printf.
 >  
 >  What configuration are you talking about that's not supported?  I 
 >  thought the bug report was that using pkgsrc's gettext-lib + pkgsrc's 
 >  libiconv was causing a compilation error in misc/rpm?  That should be a 
 >  supported configuration on all platforms.
 
 Pkgsrc gettext-lib + pkgsrc libiconv have the printf issue. This was a
 warning for the Reporter. As I wrote, this doesn't mean this problem
 should not be fixed.
 
 Joerg