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Re: gcc Build Warnings
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> "Tom Browder" <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:
>> I'll go back and redo my last build and look at the warnings, but I'm
>> pretty sure I see mostly the usual warnings about comparison of signed
>> versus unsigned and such that are probably due to developer
>> optimizations, but they are bothersome.
>
> It is normal to see warnings when compiling one version of gcc with a
> different version of gcc. Warnings are turned into errors when
> compiling one version of gcc with the same version, which normally
> occurs in the second and third stage of the bootstrap which is part of
> the standard build and install procedure.
Thanks, Ian, that is good info to know. It probably ought to be in
the build instructions. I'll see about proposing a patch.
-Tom