Subj : Re: New warnings on todays build
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Eugene Subbotin
Date : Mon Sep 14 2026 08:15 pm

Hello Wilfred!

Monday September 14 2026 18:42, you wrote to me:

 WvV> [ 39%] Building CXX object
 WvV> goldlib/gcfg/CMakeFiles/gcfg.dir/gxmax3.cpp.o In file included from
 WvV> ~/Projects/golded-plus-utf8/goldlib/gcfg/gxmax3.cpp:38:0: ~/Projects/g
 WvV> olded-plus-utf8/goldlib/gcfg/gs_max3.h:134:36: warning: ‘packed’
 WvV> attribute ignored [-Wattributes] } max_option __attribute__((packed));

 WvV>                                     ^
 WvV> [ 46%] Building CXX object
 WvV> goldlib/gcfg/CMakeFiles/gcfg.dir/gxwtr.cpp.o In file included from
 WvV> ~/Projects/golded-plus-utf8/goldlib/gcfg/gxwtr.cpp:36:0: ~/Projects/go
 WvV> lded-plus-utf8/goldlib/gcfg/gs_wtr.h:184:3: warning: anonymous type
 WvV> with no linkage used to declare variable ‘<anonymous struct>
 WvV> GroupDescRecord’ with linkage [enabled by default] } GroupDescRecord;
 WvV>    ^
 WvV> ~/Projects/golded-plus-utf8/goldlib/gcfg/gs_wtr.h:363:3: warning:
 WvV> anonymous type with no linkage used to declare variable ‘<anonymous
 WvV> struct> UserBaseRecord’ with linkage [enabled by default] }
 WvV> UserBaseRecord;
 WvV>    ^

All three are cosmetic and pre-date the unicode branch. In gs_max3.h the packed 
attribute sits after the typedef name, so it applies to the name and every 
compiler drops it (gcc 15 and clang say the same).
The enum is held at 16 bits by the rsvd=32766 member anyway. The two in 
gs_wtr.h are the same thing twice: GroupDescRecord and UserBaseRecord are 
variables of anonymous structs rather than typedefs, which gcc 4.8 on Leap 42.1 
reports as a type without linkage and gcc 5 and later no longer do. None of 
them changes the binary.

Eugene

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