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Bug#1028471: FTBFS: error: variable length array declaration not allowed at file scope

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Michael Biebl

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Jan 11, 2023, 11:10:04 AM1/11/23
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Source: cmucl
Version: 21d-1.1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Trying to build cmucl (on i386) fails with the following error:

FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -c -o interrupt.o ../../src/lisp/interrupt.c
../../src/lisp/interrupt.c:408:6: error: variable length array declaration not allowed at file scope
char altstack[SIGNAL_STACK_SIZE];
^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
gmake[2]: *** [<builtin>: interrupt.o] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory '/build/cmucl-21d/linux-2/lisp'
Failed: /usr/bin/gmake -C linux-2/lisp
make[1]: *** [debian/Makefile:16: all] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/cmucl-21d'
make: *** [debian/rules:47: build-arch-stamp] Error 2




This build failure can also be seen on debci:
https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/bookworm/i386/cmucl.html
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