Re: GNUstep build problem

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi Fred,

> >     tar xvf gdb-6.8.tar
> >     cd gdb-6.8
> >     ./configure
> >     make
> >
> > ...
> > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/share/src/gdb-6.8/gdb'
> > gcc -c -g -O2   -I. -I.././gdb -I.././gdb/config
> > -DLOCALEDIR="\"/usr/local/share/locale\"" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > -I.././gdb/../include/opcode -I.././gdb/../readline/.. -I../bfd
> > -I.././gdb/../bfd -I.././gdb/../include -I../libdecnumber
> > -I.././gdb/../libdecnumber -I./../intl  -DMI_OUT=1 -DTUI=1
> > -I/usr/local/include -Wall -Wdeclaration-after-statement 
> > -Wpointer-arith
> > -Wformat-nonliteral -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused -Wno-switch
> > -Wno-char-subscripts -Werror remote.c
> > cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> > remote.c: In function 'extended_remote_attach_1':
> > remote.c:2859: warning: format '%x' expects type 'unsigned int', but
> > argument 3 has type 'pid_t'
> > make[2]: *** [remote.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/src/gdb-6.8/gdb'
> > make[1]: *** [install-gdb] Error 2
>
> This isn't a big deal, you are using -Werror which lets the compiler
> treat warnings as errors, but the specific warning you get is rather
> harmless. Removing this option from the make file should solve this 
> issue.

Oh, thanks for the hint! But where can I set/remove this option 
system-wide? Is there a gcc.conf somewhere containing options to be 
used by gcc?

Thanks,

 Andreas