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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/eval.hh3
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/types.hh13
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index daf53846f..51ab1b1e8 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ struct InvalidPathError : EvalError
{
Path path;
InvalidPathError(const Path & path);
+#ifdef EXCEPTION_NEEDS_THROW_SPEC
+ ~InvalidPathError() throw () { };
+#endif
};
/* Realise all paths in `context' */
diff --git a/src/libutil/types.hh b/src/libutil/types.hh
index 906a959e3..160884ee1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/types.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/types.hh
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
#include <boost/format.hpp>
+/* Before 4.7, gcc's std::exception uses empty throw() specifiers for
+ * its (virtual) destructor and what() in c++11 mode, in violation of spec
+ */
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if __GNUC__ < 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 7)
+#define EXCEPTION_NEEDS_THROW_SPEC
+#endif
+#endif
+
namespace nix {
@@ -39,8 +48,12 @@ protected:
public:
unsigned int status; // exit status
BaseError(const FormatOrString & fs, unsigned int status = 1);
+#ifdef EXCEPTION_NEEDS_THROW_SPEC
~BaseError() throw () { };
const char * what() const throw () { return err.c_str(); }
+#else
+ const char * what() const noexcept { return err.c_str(); }
+#endif
const string & msg() const { return err; }
const string & prefix() const { return prefix_; }
BaseError & addPrefix(const FormatOrString & fs);