Windows Build: lib/regex.c warnings, "free" calls

[Conrad T. Pino]

Line 4260:        FREE_VARIABLES ();
ccvs 1.12\lib\regex.c(4260) : warning C4090: 'function' : different 'const' 
qualifiers
ccvs 1.12\lib\regex.c(4260) : warning C4022: 'free' : pointer mismatch for 
actual parameter 1
repeats an additional 6 times for line 4260

The same warning sequence repeats for lines: 4277, 4434, 4450, 4508, 5743
which are all the same as line 4260.

It looks like a finicky VC 6.0 which is illustrated by the following:

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
        const char **buffer;
        buffer = malloc( 256 );
        free( buffer );
        return 0;
}

which gives warnings of:
test.c(5): warning C4090: 'function' : different 'const' qualifiers
test.c(5): warning C4022: 'free' : pointer mismatch for actual parameter 1

The warning is triggered by the "const" qualifier in the declaration which
seems like a lame warning to me.  I'd like to see these warnings suppressed
and I see three options to address them.
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Option 0: Nothing

Do nothing to the code other than add comments that warnings are expected.
====================
Option 1: Usage #pragma

The warnings can be disabled in VC 6.0 with:

   #pragma warning( disable: 4022 4090 )

but it's not portable to other compilers and would suppress the warnings
in later code where we might want to see them.
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Option 2: Modify macros

In the file "FREE_VARIABLES" is a macro that invokes other macros that
resolve to calls to "free".  The final macros can be modified to include
a (void *) cast that would suppress the warnings but only for the specific
cases where we don't want the warnings.
====================
Question 1: Should the warnings be suppressed?

Question 2: If yes, using Option 1 or Option 2?
====================
TIA,

Conrad Pino