Re: FVWM: Compiler warnings

From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes_at_waltdnes.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:21:18 -0500

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 06:55:54PM -0700, Gregg Dameron wrote
> The Solaris C compiler (acc) complains when building fvwm2. In our shop
> we tend to get nervous about such things, since we will be providing
> systems (with fvwm2 installed) to our end users, and must answer to any
> bug reports they submit. (They have a real knack for exposing weird,
> intermittent anomalies.) As a result, we've developed a healthy respect
> for compiler warnings. What follows are the warnings from a build of
> 2.4.6. Any plans to address these?

  This issue also shows up with Mozilla, whose development newsgroups I
follow. Short answer... Solaris' native compiler is *NOT* ansi standard.
Install a standard compiler like gcc. That will solve not only fvwm2
compilation warnings/errors, but everything else that expects standard C.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes_at_waltdnes.org>
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