[CentOS] why are warning be treated as errors?

Thu Apr 7 13:22:38 UTC 2011
Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>

On 04/07/2011 09:13 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Steve Clark<sclark at netwolves.com>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to compile RHEL-6 kernel srpm on Fedora 14 and run into the
>> following problem. From what I read
>> -Werror flag causes warnings to be treated as errors - but I don't see that
>> flag on in the following. Any ideas?
>>
>>    gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/.wakemain.o.d  -nostdinc
>> -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/4.5.1/include -nostdinc -isystem
>> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/4.5.1/include -Iinclude
>> -I/home/sclark/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.32/arch/x86/include -include
>> include/linux/autoconf.h -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude
>> -I/home/sclark/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.32/arch/x86/include -include
>> include/linux/autoconf.h -g -Os -D_SETUP -D_WAKEUP -D__KERNEL__
>> -I/home/sclark/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.32/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/../../../boot
>> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -march=i386 -mregparm=3 -include
>> /home/sclark/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.32/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/../../../boot/code16gcc.h
>> -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -ffreestanding
>> -fno-toplevel-reorder -fno-stack-protector -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
>> -m32   -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(wakemain)"
>> -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(wakemain)" -D"DEBUG_HASH=57" -D"DEBUG_HASH2=38"
>> -c -o arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/.tmp_wakemain.o
>> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakemain.c
>> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
>> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c: In function 'lapic_suspend':
>> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:2008:3: error: statement with no effect
>> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c: In function 'lapic_resume':
>> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:2085:3: error: statement with no effect
>> make[5]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.o] Error 1
>> make[4]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/apic] Error 2
>>
>> Have you checked on the Fedora forums, or mailing list?
>>
>>
I googled for it. I thought that since RHEL-6 is going to soon be Centos 6 that someone on this list might know the answer. I am
only using RHEL-6 til Centos 6 is released and will have to recompile the srpm for the kernel then so I thought I would get a head
start.

-- 
Stephen Clark
*NetWolves*
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