From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] kwset: allow building with GCC 8
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:09:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wohn95vb.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c1527a71672056859a4613f2318bcbfce31e8b50.1560426581.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On Thu, Jun 13 2019, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> The kwset functionality makes use of the obstack code, which expects to
> be handed a function that can allocate large chunks of data. It expects
> that function to accept a `size` parameter of type `long`.
>
> This upsets GCC 8 on Windows, because `long` does not have the same
> bit size as `size_t` there.
>
> Now, the proper thing to do would be to switch to `size_t`. But this
> would make us deviate from the "upstream" code even further, making it
> hard to synchronize with newer versions, and also it would be quite
> involved because that `long` type is so invasive in that code.
Also because we'd need to switch git.git to GPLv3, as noted at the top
of the file we've grabbed the last GPLv2 version of this code.
That or convince these authors of GNU grep to dual-license their
contributions, assuming their code isn't derived from something else (I
didn't check):
grep.git $ git shortlog -sn e7ac713d.. -- '*kwset*'
25 Jim Meyering
25 Paul Eggert
8 Norihiro Tanaka
2 Paolo Bonzini
1 Karl Berry
1 Tony Abou-Assaleh
1 Yuliy Pisetsky
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-14 22:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-13 11:49 [PATCH 0/4] Support building with GCC v8.x/v9.x Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-06-13 11:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] poll (mingw): allow compiling with GCC 8 and DEVELOPER=1 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-06-13 11:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] kwset: allow building with GCC 8 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-06-13 16:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-14 9:53 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 10:00 ` [RFC/PATCH v1 0/4] compat/obstack: update from upstream SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] " SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] SQUASH??? compat/obstack: fix portability issues SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] SQUASH??? compat/obstack: fix build errors with Clang SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] compat/obstack: fix some sparse warnings SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 17:57 ` [RFC/PATCH v1 0/4] compat/obstack: update from upstream Jeff King
2019-06-14 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-14 20:30 ` Ramsay Jones
2019-06-14 21:24 ` Ramsay Jones
2019-06-17 18:36 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 16:12 ` [PATCH 2/4] kwset: allow building with GCC 8 Junio C Hamano
2019-06-17 18:26 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-06-14 22:09 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2019-06-14 22:55 ` Can we just get rid of kwset & obstack in favor of optimistically using PCRE v2 JIT? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-14 23:19 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-20 10:35 ` Jeff King
2019-06-15 9:01 ` Carlo Arenas
2019-06-15 19:15 ` brian m. carlson
2019-06-15 22:14 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/7] grep: move from kwset to optional PCRE v2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 14:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-27 9:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-27 16:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 18:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-28 7:23 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-28 16:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-02 11:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-02 12:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-07-02 19:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-03 10:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-07-03 10:25 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-07-03 11:27 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] log tests: test regex backends in "--encode=<enc>" tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] grep: don't use PCRE2?_UTF8 with "log --encoding=<non-utf8>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] t4210: skip more command-line encoding tests on MinGW Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] grep: inline the return value of a function call used only once Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] grep tests: move "grep binary" alongside the rest Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] grep tests: move binary pattern tests into their own file Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] grep: make the behavior for NUL-byte in patterns sane Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] grep: drop support for \0 in --fixed-strings <pattern> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] grep: remove the kwset optimization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-07-01 21:21 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] grep: use PCRE v2 for optimized fixed-string search Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] log tests: test regex backends in "--encode=<enc>" tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] grep: don't use PCRE2?_UTF8 with "log --encoding=<non-utf8>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] grep: inline the return value of a function call used only once Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] grep tests: move "grep binary" alongside the rest Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] grep tests: move binary pattern tests into their own file Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] grep: make the behavior for NUL-byte in patterns sane Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] grep: drop support for \0 in --fixed-strings <pattern> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] grep: remove the kwset optimization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] grep: use PCRE v2 for optimized fixed-string search Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 1/7] grep: inline the return value of a function call used only once Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 2/7] grep tests: move "grep binary" alongside the rest Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 14:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-26 18:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 3/7] grep tests: move binary pattern tests into their own file Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 4/7] grep: make the behavior for \0 in patterns sane Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-27 2:03 ` brian m. carlson
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 5/7] grep: drop support for \0 in --fixed-strings <pattern> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 16:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 6/7] grep: remove the kwset optimization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 0:03 ` [RFC/PATCH 7/7] grep: use PCRE v2 for optimized fixed-string search Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-26 14:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-26 18:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-27 9:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-27 18:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-27 19:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-28 10:56 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-13 11:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] winansi: simplify loading the GetCurrentConsoleFontEx() function Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-06-13 11:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] config: avoid calling `labs()` on too-large data type Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-06-13 16:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-16 6:48 ` René Scharfe
2019-06-16 8:24 ` René Scharfe
2019-06-16 14:01 ` René Scharfe
2019-06-16 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-20 19:58 ` René Scharfe
2019-06-20 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-21 18:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-22 10:03 ` René Scharfe
2019-06-22 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] config: use unsigned_mult_overflows to check for overflows René Scharfe
2019-06-22 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] config: don't multiply in parse_unit_factor() René Scharfe
2019-06-22 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] config: simplify parsing of unit factors René Scharfe
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