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* warning while compiling/installing Gnu Emacs
@ 2005-06-22 22:23 jorge
  2005-06-23 16:15 ` rgb
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: jorge @ 2005-06-22 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi,
I've  just compiled and installed Emacs in Linux, but in the process I got 
the following warning, for some functions:
"comparison is always true due to limited range of data type"
Does this mean, that i need to go to every function the warning points to, 
and try tyo fix the types?
The Emacs installation was a success, maybe I just could ignore the warning?

Thanks in advance

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* Re: warning while compiling/installing Gnu Emacs
  2005-06-22 22:23 warning while compiling/installing Gnu Emacs jorge
@ 2005-06-23 16:15 ` rgb
  2005-06-24 10:17   ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: rgb @ 2005-06-23 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw)




jorge wrote:
> Hi,
> I've  just compiled and installed Emacs in Linux, but in the process I got
> the following warning, for some functions:
> "comparison is always true due to limited range of data type"
> Does this mean, that i need to go to every function the warning points to,
> and try tyo fix the types?
> The Emacs installation was a success, maybe I just could ignore the warning?
>
> Thanks in advance

There are always warnings.  Sometimes a huge number depending on the
compiler you use and the target system.  Generally they are all
ignorable.  If it was a bootstrap build and was successful and the
object actually runs there is probably nothing to worry about.
I generally get several thousand warnings but it runs great when done.

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* Re: warning while compiling/installing Gnu Emacs
  2005-06-23 16:15 ` rgb
@ 2005-06-24 10:17   ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2005-06-24 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)


> From: "rgb" <rbielaws@i1.net>
> Date: 23 Jun 2005 09:15:51 -0700
> 
> > I've  just compiled and installed Emacs in Linux, but in the process I got
> > the following warning, for some functions:
> > "comparison is always true due to limited range of data type"
> > Does this mean, that i need to go to every function the warning points to,
> > and try tyo fix the types?
> 
> There are always warnings.  Sometimes a huge number depending on the
> compiler you use and the target system.  Generally they are all
> ignorable.

However, when in doubt, please send the messages and the relevant
compiler information to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.  There's always a
chance that there might be a bug.

TIA

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