I also was able to successfully use heimdall-flash on a Samsung S5 using 
git from 2016-08-12 built on jessie, with no warnings:

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$ ./Heimdall/build/bin/heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-3.0.2-1-klte.img 
--no-reboot
Heimdall v1.4.1

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Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.

Uploading RECOVERY
100%
RECOVERY upload successful

Ending session...
Releasing device interface...

$
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Maybe upstream should be pursuaded to do a release?

-- 
Matt Taggart
tagg...@debian.org

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