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Re: AC_CHECK_FUNCS and -Werror
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: AC_CHECK_FUNCS and -Werror |
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Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:38:07 -0700 |
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On 6/17/20 1:00 PM, Peter Häring wrote:
> But if you have as CFLAG -Werror, for example if you use start the
> configure process with
> CFLAGS+=-Werror ./configure
> then warning abuot the different types will cause the test to fail
> despite the function is available.
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> Possible solutions:
> * Provide the possibility to specify the type of the function
> * Provide the possibility to specify the header, where the function is
> defined, when it is available.
Yes, if we had time to engineer that it could well be better. In the meantime
the solution is to not use -Werror or similar flags when configuring.