Error in compile: "format not a string literal and no format arguments"

[acrux]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:46:38 -0500
"Jim Harris" <jimrh at charter.net> wrote:

> Sorry if this has  been raised before:
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> (or if this is not the correct place to post this)
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> Attempting to compile Yaboot 1.3.17  (as unpacked from the tar-ball) on a iBook G3 – 700 mHz, 640 meg memory - running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (PPC), I receive the following error:
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> root at iBoot-G3:/home/jim/Desktop/Yaboot sources/yaboot-1.3.17# make install
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> gcc -Os -m32  -nostdinc -Wall -isystem `gcc -m32 -print-file-name=include` -fsigned-char -DVERSION="\"1.3.17\"" -DTEXTADDR=0x100000 -DDEBUG=0 -DMALLOCADDR= -DMALLOCSIZE=0x100000 -DKERNELADDR=0x00000000 -Werror -fdiagnostics-show-option -I ./include -fno-strict-aliasing -DCONFIG_COLOR_TEXT -DCONFIG_SET_COLORMAP -DUSE_MD5_PASSWORDS -DCONFIG_FS_XFS -DCONFIG_FS_REISERFS -c -o second/cmdline.o second/cmdline.c
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> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
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> second/cmdline.c: In function ‘cmdedit’:
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> second/cmdline.c:78: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
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> make: *** [second/cmdline.o] Error 1
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> root at iBoot-G3:/home/jim/Desktop/Yaboot sources/yaboot-1.3.17#
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> The compile was done by unpacking the tar-gz, navigating to that folder, and running “make install” as root.
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sed -i -s "s|-Werror|-Wno-error|g" Makefile 

cheers,
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