Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> --- general/ReleaseNotes.xml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/general/ReleaseNotes.xml b/general/ReleaseNotes.xml index a02a75e..75ed70b 100644 --- a/general/ReleaseNotes.xml +++ b/general/ReleaseNotes.xml @@ -946,6 +946,27 @@ url="http://who-t.blogspot.com/2012/01/xkb-breaking-grabs-cve-2012-0064.html"; <sect1 id='Build_changes_and_issues'> <title>Build changes and issues</title> + <sect2 id='Strict_compilation_flags'> + <title>Strict compilation flags</title> + + <para> + Most of the modules in this release use stricter compiler flags, + when used with the GNU gcc, LLVM clang, Oracle Solaris Studio, or + Intel compilers. These flags both enable more warnings, and + promote some warnings to fatal errors in the build. If these + flags cause your build to fail, you can disable the flags that + turn these selected warnings into errors by adding + <option>--disable-selective-werror</option> to the configure command + for the affected module. + </para> + + <para> + Builders seeking even stricter compiler checks can instead pass + <option>--enable-strict-compilation</option> to the configure command + to make all warnings become errors. + </para> + </sect2> + <sect2 id='Silent_build_rules'> <title>Silent build rules</title> -- 1.7.9.2 _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
