Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 06/21/2011 06:46 AM, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >> I am unable to compile gdb-7.2 using gcc-4.6 with the -Werror option >> on a Debian sid machine. When I reported the bug to gdb maintainers as >> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12891 , they informed >> me that the bug is actually in autoconf package. It seems libiberty in >> gdb-7.2 uses AC_REPLACE_FUNCS and apparently this is not -Werror safe. > > The answer is simple: You must not pass -Werror to configure scripts, > because many autoconf checks are based on compile checks applying > "crude" code, which occasionally trigger warnings but are not supposed > to issue errors. > > That said, if this -Werror originates from gdb's configury, it's a bug > in their package's usage of autoconf, if this -Werror originates from > your command-line, the origin of this issue is you ;) >
Ok. Thanks for the reply. In this case, the -Werror originates from my command-line. So the problem is myself. regards raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/
