On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 05:56:55PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote: > Compiling a source file that #includes /usr/include/syslog.h > produces: > > /usr/include/sys/syslog.h:80: warning: initialization discards qualifiers \ > from pointer target type > > repeated 70 times. This is Bug#111767. > > This is caused by the compiler flag ``-Wwrite-strings''. This is > included in the Makefile by @WCFLAGS@ in Makefile.in. The configure > script defines WCFLAGS to include ``-Wwrite-strings''. The package > doesn't require automake or autoconf to build. Would it be safe for > me to remove ``-Wwrite-strings'' from configure?
Removing -Wwrite-strings should not change any behaviour of the program; it will just suppress the warnings. So yes, it should be safe. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

