Re: [MiNT] almost there..... Newbie trying to compile Mint v1.17...

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 04:27 -0800, WongCK wrote:
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> > 
> > The compilation  stops even when the compiler tells me that a variable is 
> >defined 
> >
> > but not  use... because it is a warning turning into an error.
> > I have to go looking  for the -Werror flag which seems to be dotted at several 
> 
> > places. I just  cannot find it sometimes. 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Ok some further error encountered,... not supported options = -fmshort
> So really need to use v4.x or use Helmut's branch. 
> I will try Helmut's brand rather than install v4.x as it just a simple checkout. 
> :-)

I've never heard of -fmshort.

And using Helmut's branch doesn't help us solve the problem for the
trunk or the 1.17 branch so we need to know what problems people are
bumping into and fix them.

Thanks for jumping in.

Alan.