Re: New warnings on emacs-26 branch with gcc 8.2.0

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andy Moreton <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:26:17 +0100
> 
> >> Why does it need to check every gcc warning though, rather than just the
> >> -W* and -Wno-* warnings that have been requested in the configury ?
> >
> > Because different versions of GCC support different warning options,
> > and using an option that is not supported by the installed version of
> > GCC will cause warnings and sometimes errors.
> 
> That is not what is being discussed. The configure script run 146 checks
> to determine if gcc warning options are supported, but the emacs
> configure script mentions a far smaller number.

Sorry for my misunderstanding.