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Date:      Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:40:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems compiling kernel for 3.0-19980804-SNAP system
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812242339250.344-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <19981224215708.B17337@la.best.com>

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On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Joseph T. Lee wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 11:29:14AM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > > cc1: Invalid option `-fformat-extensions'
> > > *** Error code 1
> > > 
> > > What do I look for to make this work?
> > 
> > I think you have /usr/local/bin in your path before /usr/bin and therefore
> > are running egcs.
> 
> Breaks on gcc2.8.1 also.  None of the man files describes this extension
> though..  Maybe not necessary anymore for the new compilers?

-fformat-extensions is a FreeBSDism, and so on a "stock" gcc of any
version it is an invalid option.  You can remove it, but then gcc won't
recognize any of the odd format identifiers that are used in the kernel,
and might generate warnings.

- alex

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