Paul Bibilo writes:
Colin Rafferty writes:
> Paul Bibilo writes:
>
> > I succesfully built the latest 21.0 on IRIX6.2, and got just a single
> > warning message during the compilation which somebody might be
> > interested in.
>
> > cc -c -g -Demacs -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/local/include -xansi
/tmp_mnt/devdisk/d54man/gnu/xemacs-beta/xemacs-21/src/event-stream.c
> > cfe: Warning 851:
/tmp_mnt/devdisk/d54man/gnu/xemacs-beta/xemacs-21/src/event-stream.c, line 3786: constant
initializer expression is invalid (refers to automatic variables).
> > struct Lisp_Event terminal_copy = *error_check_event (terminal) ;
> > ----------^
>
> I built it on IRIX 6.4, and I didn't get an error.
>
> Anyway, as far as I can understand the code, to see if it is actually
> a bug, type the following key sequence (make sure that is a capital Y):
>
> C-x 5 Y
>
> You should get the following error (capital y):
>
> C-x 5 Y not defined.
>
This is what I get.
Then it's just a warning.
Of course, I hate warnings, and I try to rid them from all code that I
see. However, sometimes I just feel as though it's a losing battle
against entropy. :-(
--
Colin