Subj : Manual
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Fri Sep 04 2026 02:08 pm


Hello Sean!

03 Sep 26 22:04, you wrote to me:

 > Vincent Coen wrote to Nick Boel:

 VC>> Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and
 VC>> that prduces lots of warnings and errors

 > Whenever I compile GED+, I get a lot of warnings and errors, but
 > that's GCC being picky. You can stop the warnings by modifying
 > CMakeLists.txt at the top level (before defining the targets):
 > add_compile_options(-w) -- that usually works for me.

 VC>> Running GCC 15.2

 > I'm using 11.2, but Slackware is very slow to update...


Well I added that line near the top in CMakeLists.txt as :

--
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8...3.19)
add_compile_options(-w)

find_program(CCACHE_PROGRAM ccache)

--

and used the command :

../dist-gpl.sh > build.log 2> build.err

which produced via ll -h build.*

-rw-r--r-- 1 mbse bbs 385K Sep  4 14:05 build.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 mbse bbs  15K Sep  4 14:05 build.log

So still produced a lot of warnings and as it is still a large file just
showing the top few lines produced below :

--
gdbgtrk.cpp: In function ‘void __gftrk_track(const char*)’:
gdbgtrk.cpp:110:26: warning: operation on ‘__gftrk_curr’ may be undefined
[-Wsequence-point]
  110 |             __gftrk_curr = (++__gftrk_curr) % __gftrk_max;
      |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gdbgtrk.cpp:110:26: warning: operation on ‘__gftrk_curr’ may be undefined
[-Wsequence-point]
gftnaddr.cpp: In member function ‘char* ftn_addr::set(const char*, char*,
int)’:
gftnaddr.cpp:175:28: warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to
‘char*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
  175 |     static char* nulchar = "";
      |                            ^~
gftnnlfd.cpp: In member function ‘virtual bool
ftn_frontdoor_nodelist_index::find(const char*)’:
gftnnlfd.cpp:724:12: warning: ‘char* strncpy(char*, const char*, size_t)’
specified bound 16 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation]
  724 |     strncpy(tmp, lookup_name, sizeof(tmp));
      |     ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gkbdunix.cpp: In function ‘int find_the_key(char*, gkbd_key_type**)’:
gkbdunix.cpp:538:25: warning: the address of ‘gkbd_key_type::str’ will
never be NULL [-Waddress]
  538 |         if(key and key->str)
      |                    ~~~~~^~~
gkbdunix.cpp:366:10: note: ‘gkbd_key_type::str’ declared here
  366 |     char str[7];
      |          ^~~
glog.cpp: In member function ‘void glog::printf(const char*, ...)’:
glog.cpp:172:38: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 253 bytes into a
region of size 248 [-Wformat-overflow=]
  172 |         sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20,
"%d-%b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);
      |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glog.cpp:172:16: note: ‘sprintf’ output 9 or more bytes (assuming 262) 
into
a destination of size 256
  172 |         sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20,
"%d-%b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);
      |
~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glog.cpp:168:38: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 253 bytes into a
region of size 248 [-Wformat-overflow=]
  168 |         sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20,
"%d %b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);
      |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glog.cpp:168:16: note: ‘sprintf’ output 9 or more bytes (assuming 262) 
into
a destination of size 256
  168 |         sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20,
"%d %b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);

--

Also within the files are a lot of these :

--
eline.cpp: In function ‘void ScanKludges(GMsg*, int)’:
geline.cpp:1699:33: warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to
‘cha
r*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
 1699 |                                 "GoldED",
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~
geline.cpp:1700:33: warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to
‘cha
r*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
 1700 |                                 " GED ",
      |                                 ^~~~~~~
--


Now I program as well although using the GnuCobol compiler that traslates into
C and compiles to binary etc AND I do not get warning or errors and if I do I
fix them as a matter of course. I do not accept any warning or error messages
as acceptable.

Pity the Golded programmers do not feel the same way.


There again I have been a professional (gets paid for it) for some 60+ years
from m/f, mini's and micros.


Vincent


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