v2.3.3 rc1 - Error: sieve: !!BUG!!: Binary compiled from dovecot.sieve is still corrupt

Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com
Fri Sep 28 13:44:52 EEST 2018



On 28.09.2018 12:38, James wrote:
> On 27/09/2018 16:14, Sami Ketola wrote:
>
>>> It was studio cc.  gcc doesn't make it through configure and I
>>> didn't ask why.
>>
>> Can you share a little bit more info on how did the compile (or
>> configure even) fail with gcc on Solaris 11?
>
>
> $ ./configure $ARGS
> ...
> checking Linux compatible mremap()... no
> checking whether shared mmaps get updated by write()s... no
> checking whether fd passing works... no
> configure: error: fd passing is required for Dovecot to work
>
> Which in the log corresponds to:
>
> configure:22685: ./conftest
> ./configure[2026]: eval: line 1: 22335: Memory fault(coredump)
>
>
> Appears to the option "-mfunction-return=thunk" that cause the
> problem, remove and no core dump.  Older gccs do not have
> -mfunction-return.
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>> as I have no problems in compiling dovecot and pigeonhole on my
>> Solaris 11.3 system with gcc. The version that ships with my Solaris
>> is 4.5.2.
>
> Strictly speaking Solaris 11 does not ship with gcc, one can install
> it [from the OS vendor] with pkg and there is a choice of versions.
>
> # pkg list -a | grep gcc-c
>
>
> I have gcc versions installed: 4.9.5, 5.5.0, 6.4.0, 7.3.0 and 8.2.0.
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>> I also have Sun Studio 12.5 installed but I have not even tried to
>> compile dovecot wit that yet.
>
> Current Release - Oracle Developer Studio 12.6.
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> James.

Appears we need more thoroughly ensure -mfunction-return=thunk actually
works.

Aki


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