CMake file and Visual C++ choking on LYX_WALL

Thibaut Cuvelier tcuvelier at lyx.org
Wed Sep 2 13:06:56 UTC 2020


On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 09:14, Kornel Benko <kornel at lyx.org> wrote:

> Am Wed, 2 Sep 2020 00:44:03 +0200
> schrieb Thibaut Cuvelier <tcuvelier at lyx.org>:
>
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I just tried to enable more warnings with Visual C++. According to
> > INSTALL.cmake, it should be enough to set LYX_WALL to 1, but I get these
> > warnings from the compiler:
> >
> > cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option 'Wp64'
> >
> > In CMakeLists.txt:1091 to 1093, I indeed find that, with LYX_WALL, the
> > parameter /Wp64 is used (it was deleted a few years ago:
> >
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/wp64-detect-64-bit-portability-issues?view=vs-2019
> > ).
> >
> > The right flag is the one indicated in the documentation: /W4. Making the
> > change locally seems to be right (VC returns more warnings for the code
> and
> > none for its arguments).
> >
> > Was this /Wp64 intentional? It really seems odd there… In any case, I've
> > added a patch for this fix, if it is welcome.
>
> This is a question directed at a Windows expert. Apart from you difficult
> to discover
> though ...
>
> So please commit.
>

I don't know if I qualify as Windows expert, but I committed this.
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