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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index e88fb734b6..b4964a2b92 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ please let me know. I get segmentation faults when I run the program. 3.15. The sys/sem.h file lacks the definition of `union semun'. 3.16. Why has <netinet/ip_fw.h> disappeared? +3.17. I get floods of warnings when I use -Wconversion and include + <string.h> or <math.h>. 4. Miscellaneous @@ -1328,6 +1330,17 @@ taken care in user programs using the firewall structures and therefore those programs (ipfw is AFAIK the only one) should deal with this problem themselves. + +3.17. I get floods of warnings when I use -Wconversion and include + <string.h> or <math.h>. + +{ZW} <string.h> and <math.h> intentionally use prototypes to override +argument promotion. -Wconversion warns about all these. You can safely +ignore the warnings. + +-Wconversion isn't really intended for production use, only for shakedown +compiles after converting an old program to standard C. + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |