|--==> "BW" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com&gt; writes: BW> i took a look at the warnings below: >>> Contents of /usr/local/src/xemacs/beta.err >>> keeping lines matching >>> "^--\[\[\|\]\]$\|^\(cd\|n?make\)\s-\|errors?\|warnings?\|pure.*\(space\|size\)\|hides\b\|strange\|shadowings\|^Compil\(ing\s-+in\|ation\)\|^Using\|not\s-+found\|^While\s-+compiling.*\( >>\s-+.+\)*\|^Note:\|Installing\|[Ff]ile(s) copied\|\s-+tests\s-+" >>> and then deleting lines matching >>> "confl.*with.*auto-inlining\|^Formatting:\|(100%) tests successful" >> >>cd /usr/local/src/xemacs/ >>make >>Producing `src/Emacs.ad.h' from `etc/Emacs.ad'. >>cd ./lib-src && make all >>cd ./lwlib && make all >>cd ./src && make all >>callint.c:644: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression >>editfns.c:639: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned >>editfns.c:827: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression >>emacs.c:799: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression >>events.c:171: warning: long int format, int arg (arg 3) >>events.c:171: warning: long int format, int arg (arg 4) >>process-unix.c:1665: warning: long int format, int arg (arg 4) >>extents.c:2955: warning: long int format, int arg (arg 3) >>extents.c:2955: warning: long int format, int arg (arg 4) >>keymap.c:267: warning: long int format, int arg (arg 3) >>lread.c:985: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression >>redisplay-x.c:2079: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression >>redisplay-x.c:2080: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression BW> i fixed the signed and unsigned warnings, but the complaints BW> about sprintf just baffle me. The arguments *ARE* long; they're BW> explicitly cast that way. could this be another gcc bug? are BW> you using a super-new version of gcc? ,----[ gcc -v ] | Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0/specs | Configured with: ../gcc-3.0/configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls | --enable-threads --enable-shared | Thread model: posix | gcc version 3.0 `---- -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|