[PATCH v6 2/3] configure: Only use -Wno-discarded-qualifiers iff compiler supports it
Adhemerval Zanella
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Mon Dec 1 20:09:47 GMT 2025
The clang analogous option is
-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers, so add a configure
option to check which one compiler supports.
---
configure | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
configure.ac | 20 ++++++++++++++
timezone/Makefile | 4 +--
3 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fc36935dd0..878c7cc7e8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8189,6 +8189,74 @@ test-config-cflags-wno-fortify-source = $libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_fortify_source"
+saved_CC="$CC"
+CC="$TEST_CC"
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking -Wno-discarded-qualifiers in testing" >&5
+printf %s "checking -Wno-discarded-qualifiers in testing... " >&6; }
+if test ${libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers+y}
+then :
+ printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else case e in #(
+ e) if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -Werror -Wno-discarded-qualifiers -xc /dev/null -S -o /dev/null'
+ { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ test $ac_status = 0; }; }
+then :
+ libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers=-Wno-discarded-qualifiers
+else case e in #(
+ e) libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers=
+ ;;
+esac
+fi ;;
+esac
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers" >&6; }
+
+CC="$saved_CC"
+
+
+if test -z "$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers"; then
+
+
+saved_CC="$CC"
+CC="$TEST_CC"
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers in testing" >&5
+printf %s "checking -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers in testing... " >&6; }
+if test ${libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers+y}
+then :
+ printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else case e in #(
+ e) if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -Werror -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers -xc /dev/null -S -o /dev/null'
+ { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ test $ac_status = 0; }; }
+then :
+ libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers=-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers
+else case e in #(
+ e) libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers=
+ ;;
+esac
+fi ;;
+esac
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers" >&6; }
+
+CC="$saved_CC"
+
+
+ libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers=$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers
+fi
+config_vars="$config_vars
+test-config-cflags-wno-discarded-qualifiers = $libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers"
+
+
+
saved_CC="$CC"
CC="$TEST_CC"
{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking -finput-charset=ascii in testing" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 679a4a96cf..589d07f073 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1633,6 +1633,26 @@ LIBC_TRY_TEST_CC_OPTION([-Wno-fortify-source],
LIBC_CONFIG_VAR([test-config-cflags-wno-fortify-source],
[$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_fortify_source])
+dnl Check how to suppress C23-qualifier-generic const warnings. GCC has
+dnl -Wno-discarded-qualifiers, while clang -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers
+LIBC_TRY_TEST_CC_OPTION([-Wno-discarded-qualifiers],
+ [-Werror -Wno-discarded-qualifiers],
+ libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers,
+ [libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers=-Wno-discarded-qualifiers],
+ [libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers=]
+)
+if test -z "$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers"; then
+ LIBC_TRY_TEST_CC_OPTION([-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers],
+ [-Werror -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers],
+ libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers,
+ [libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers=-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers],
+ [libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers=]
+ )
+ libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers=$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_incompatible_pointer_type_discards_qualifiers
+fi
+LIBC_CONFIG_VAR([test-config-cflags-wno-discarded-qualifiers],
+ [$libc_cv_test_cflags_wno_discarded_qualifiers])
+
dnl Check if TEST_CC supports -finput-charset=ascii.
LIBC_TRY_TEST_CC_OPTION([-finput-charset=ascii],
[-Werror -finput-charset=ascii],
diff --git a/timezone/Makefile b/timezone/Makefile
index c03a68962c..2ff1e92f9d 100644
--- a/timezone/Makefile
+++ b/timezone/Makefile
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ tz-cflags = -DTZDIR='"$(zonedir)"' \
# The -Wno-unused-variable flag is used to prevent GCC 6
# from warning about time_t_min and time_t_max which are
# defined in private.h but not used.
-# -Wno-discarded-qualifiers is because zic is not prepared for C23
+# $(test-config-cflags-wno-discarded-qualifiers) is because zic is not prepared for C23
# -qualifier-generic strchr.
CFLAGS-zdump.c += $(tz-cflags)
-CFLAGS-zic.c += $(tz-cflags) -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-discarded-qualifiers
+CFLAGS-zic.c += $(tz-cflags) -Wno-unused-variable $(test-config-cflags-wno-discarded-qualifiers)
# We have to make sure the data for testing the tz functions is available.
# Don't add leapseconds here since test-tz made checks that work only without
--
2.43.0
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