#34 AVaRICE 2.14 won't compile on Arch Linux

I get the following errors on compilation:

In file included from jtag2bp.cc:39:
jtag2.h:159:52: error: ISO C++17 does not allow dynamic exception specifications
  159 |                        bool retryOnTimeout = true) throw(jtag_exception);
      |                                                    ^~~~~

[Anonymous]

A temporary solution was found to be to change the C++ compile version to be C++ 14.

On Arch Linux, for building this package from the AUR the solution is to add

CXXFLAGS="-std=c++14"

to the top of the build() function in PKGBUILD.

From this, I can venture a guess to say that AVaRICE just needs to be updated to support C++17.

[Joris Putcuyps]

I've created a small patch to specify an older C++ standard.

[Joerg Wunsch]

Well, frankly, I'd very much prefer to have a patch fixing the source code so it compiles on a newer compiler without warnings, rather than back-dating the compiler.

[Joris Putcuyps]

I also prefer that, but this is the smallest step with the least amount of risk.
When I have time I'll have a stab at a bigger patch if someone is willing to review and apply it?

[Joerg Wunsch]

I'm willing to review and apply a patch, but my C++ knowledge (in particular regarding modern C++) is close to 0, so without a lot of Internet research, I wouldn't know how to fix that properly right now.

[Joerg Wunsch]

Fixed by patch #40