1981518 - NSS CI builds fail on Windows with: ...softoken_gtest.cc(466): error C4576: a parenthesized type followed by an initializer list is a non-standard explicit type conversion syntax

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(NSS :: Libraries, defect)

Description

[Malte Jürgens [:maltejur]]

The gtest added in Bug 1974505 has broken NSS CI builds on Windows:

From https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer?job_id=521004624&repo=nss&lineNumber=2062:

[task 2025-08-05T12:43:49.581+00:00] FAILED: obj/gtests/softoken_gtest/softoken_gtest.softoken_gtest.obj 
[task 2025-08-05T12:43:49.581+00:00] ninja -t msvc -e environment.x86 -- "D:\task_175439748000063\vs2017_15.4.2\VC\bin\Hostx64\x86\cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC @obj\gtests\softoken_gtest\softoken_gtest.softoken_gtest.obj.rsp /c ..\..\gtests\softoken_gtest\softoken_gtest.cc /Foobj\gtests\softoken_gtest\softoken_gtest.softoken_gtest.obj /Fdobj\gtests\softoken_gtest\softoken_gtest.cc.pdb 
[task 2025-08-05T12:43:49.581+00:00] d:\task_175439748000063\nss\gtests\softoken_gtest\softoken_gtest.cc(466): error C4576: a parenthesized type followed by an initializer list is a non-standard explicit type conversion syntax
[task 2025-08-05T12:43:49.581+00:00] d:\task_175439748000063\nss\gtests\softoken_gtest\softoken_gtest.cc(471): error C4576: a parenthesized type followed by an initializer list is a non-standard explicit type conversion syntax

Comment 1

[Malte Jürgens [:maltejur]]

Attachment: Bug 1981518 - Fix bad syntax on Windows in softoken_gtest.cc r?rrelyea

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Set release status flags based on info from the regressing bug 1974505

Comment 3

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

https://hg-edge.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/a255f1cfd8d8361100997bdd764b22c6f8a51bb3