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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-01-04 01:10:26 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-01-04 01:11:08 -0800
commitcde73794f61fec2a5a8676c2e36ec6634e72cdc5 (patch)
treeee8896032f784d4cef830ee79d4b124f9dbec3dc /INSTALL
parent1ac42bca8886267dac029a2f19df1a43313e0d95 (diff)
* INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.
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@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ Use --enable-gcc-warnings to enable compile-time checks that warn
about possibly-questionable C code. This is intended for developers
and is useful with GNU-compatible compilers. On a recent GNU system
there should be no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the
-generated warnings may still be useful.
+generated warnings may still be useful, though you may prefer building
+with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS=' so that the warnings are not treated as
+errors.
Use --enable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to chatter less. This is
helpful when combined with options like --enable-gcc-warnings that