Re: -Werror enabled by default on GNU/Hurd

On 2021-12-28 17:16, Andrea Monaco via Gdb wrote:
> 
> When building gdb on GNU/Hurd, -Werror is enabled by default.  I think
> that's a bug: that option is only useful in specific instances; enabling
> it by default means that the build fails after a plain ./configure, and
> you need to pass --disable-werror to make it succeed.
> 
> I tried to locate the problem myself, but the build scripts are very
> complex.  Could someone please give me some hints?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrea Monaco

What are the errors you see?  We aim for warning-free builds, so the best
fix would be to get rid of these warnings.

Simon