Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux gcc (Debian 8.3.0-6) 8.3.0 So I guess I'm on an "old" compiler compared to 11.2.1
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 4:42 PM Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > On 4/18/22 14:47, Ken Ingram wrote: > > Making all in . > > make[2]: Entering directory '/home/kingram/src/coreutils' > > CC lib/libcoreutils_a-randperm.o > > lib/randperm.c: In function 'sparse_new': > > lib/randperm.c:111:1: error: function might be candidate for attribute > > 'malloc' if it is known to return normally > > [-Werror=suggest-attribute=malloc] > > sparse_new (size_t size_hint) > > ^~~~~~~~~~ > > I'm not seeing that on Fedora 35 x86-64, with GCC 11.2.1 20220127 (Red > Hat 11.2.1-9). If you're using an older compiler, I suggest configuring > with --disable-gcc-warnings, or building with "make WERROR_CFLAGS=", so > that the unnecessary warnings don't break the build. If you're not, > please specify the platform and GCC you're using, and how you ran > 'configure' and 'make'. Thanks. >
