error: size of array is too large

[mdavidsaver]

GCC is smart enough to detect new[] with constant size which would always result in allocation failure. With GCC 6 this causes a compile failure in epicsExceptionTest.cpp.

http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2016/msg01113.php

https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/issues/3

[mdavidsaver (mdavidsaver)]

> /epicsExceptionTest.cpp: In function ‘void epicsExceptionTestPrivate()’:
> ../epicsExceptionTest.cpp:61:49: error: size of array is too large
> char * p = new char [unsuccessfulNewSize];
> ^
> ../epicsExceptionTest.cpp:74:38: error: size of array is too large
> char [unsuccessfulNewSize];
> ^

One workaround suggested by Bob Soliday is to remove the const from the definition of 'unsuccessfulNewSize', which will prevent GCC from making this check.

[mdavidsaver (mdavidsaver)]

I see that epicsExceptionTest.cpp has already been removed from the 3.14 branch.

So the simplest workaround is to remove/comment the line

> TESTPROD_HOST += epicsExceptionTest

from src/libCom/test/Makefile