Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 23:38:53 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> To: Patrick Cable II <freebsd@slaudiovis.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: apparently, my 'return discards qualifiers from pointer target type' Message-ID: <XFMail.20021108233853.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <GEEGJMKEOCMNOBOAHIOMIEEMCBAA.freebsd@slaudiovis.org>
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On 09-Nov-2002 Patrick Cable II wrote: > Hey all, > > Im compiling 4.7-stable right now and am getting a BUNCH of: > > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/readelf/../../../../contrib/binutils/binutil > s/ > readelf.c:6553: warning: return discards qualifiers from pointer target > type > > messages. Except theyre with different source files, etc. (one of the > source files gets one of those warnings per line of code. Eek!) They are > just warnings and compilation continues, but i dont want to make > installworld and have everything blow up on my face (especially > remotely!) > > Thanks in advance for help These types of warnings are usually caused when the 'const' or 'volatile' qualifier is discarded from a variable reference, e.g., when using such a variable in an expression. They're quite harmless, really. -- Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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