Re: -msg_* flags for cc on osf

[Peter O'Gorman]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 23:00 -0700, Howard Chu wrote:
> Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> > Bob wanted to add -msg_disable badboundchk,unusedincl to his CFLAGS on
> > Tru64 5.1 using the native compiler, there was a problem though. We have
> > a rule that lets all, otherwise unknown flags beginning with -m through
> > to the linker. However, we don't expect -mfoo to have an argument, so we
> > do not let through the argument. This results in a link error for Bob.
> 
> This may be a dumb question, but why can't he use -Wc to pass these flags 
> through as desired?

Hi Howard,
He can't use -Wc (commas in the argument cause confusion). However
-Xcompiler is an option that would work.

In my opinion, unless there is a system where this patch would cause
issues, it is much more convenient for users to not have to bracket
their compiler flags with -Xcompiler.

Peter