arguments. Run C<Configure> with S<-Dccflags='-DCHECK_FORMAT
-Wformat'> (and S<-Dcc=gcc>, if you are not on a system where C<cc>
is C<gcc>) and run C<make>. The compiler will produce warnings of
-incorrect use of format arguments. CHECK_FORMAT changes perl-defined
-formats to common formats, so DO NOT USE the executable produced by
-this process.
+incorrect use of format arguments.
-A more accurate approach is the following commands:
+As of change 23767, CHECK_FORMAT changes perl-defined formats
+to obscure (but standard) formats, and then traps the obscure
+format. The resulting perl executable operates properly but
+you should not use the executable produced by this process.
=over 4
=item *
-
-build miniperl with -DCHECK_FORMAT
-
- make clean
- make miniperl OPTIMIZE=-DCHECK_FORMAT >& mini.log
-
-=item *
-
-build a clean miniperl,
-and build everything else from that with -DCHECK_FORMAT
+
+A more accurate approach is the following commands:
make clean
- make miniperl
make all OPTIMIZE='-DCHECK_FORMAT -Wformat' >& make.log
-
+ perl -nwe 'print if /^\S+:/ and not /^make\b/' make.log
+
=item *
-clean up, and print warnings from the log files
+A more thorough approach to compiler warnings is
make clean
- perl -nwe 'print if /^\S+:/ and not /^make\b/' \
- mini.log make.log
+ make miniperl OPTIMIZE=-O\ -DCHECK_FORMAT >& make.log
+ make all OPTIMIZE=-O\ -DCHECK_FORMAT\ -Wall\ -Wno-unused\
+ -Wno-uninitialized >>& make.log
+ perl -nwe 'print if /^\S+:/ and not /^make\b/' make.log
=back