* configure.in: Use -Wold-style-definition if available.

This helps with the transition to standard C code, it can be
removed when done.

3 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c3e71cd62c..13b2fff124a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-07-08  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
 
+        * configure.in: Use -Wold-style-definition if available.
+        This helps with the transition to standard C code, it can be
+        removed when done.
+
         * configure.in (PRE_EDIT_LDFLAGS, POST_EDIT_LDFLAGS): Remove.
 
         * configure.in (UNEXEC_OBJ): Add comment about values for MSDOS
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 41d0e6374c7..c430dec9ee2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4830,6 +4830,39 @@ CFLAGS="$SAVE_CFLAGS"
 unset has_option
 unset SAVE_CFLAGS
 
+### Use -Wold-style-definition if the compiler supports it
+# This can be removed when conversion to standard C is finished.
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether gcc understands -Wold-style-definition" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether gcc understands -Wold-style-definition... " >&6; }
+SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wold-style-definition"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  has_option=yes
+else
+  has_option=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+if test $has_option = yes; then
+   C_WARNINGS_SWITCH="-Wold-style-definition $C_WARNINGS_SWITCH"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $has_option" >&5
+$as_echo "$has_option" >&6; }
+CFLAGS="$SAVE_CFLAGS"
+unset has_option
+unset SAVE_CFLAGS
+
+
 #### Some other nice autoconf tests.
 
 ac_ext=c
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a91d3c7b6ac..aee62c0e11d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -757,6 +757,21 @@ CFLAGS="$SAVE_CFLAGS"
 unset has_option
 unset SAVE_CFLAGS
 
+### Use -Wold-style-definition if the compiler supports it
+# This can be removed when conversion to standard C is finished.
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether gcc understands -Wold-style-definition])
+SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wold-style-definition"
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [], has_option=yes, has_option=no,)
+if test $has_option = yes; then
+   C_WARNINGS_SWITCH="-Wold-style-definition $C_WARNINGS_SWITCH"
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT($has_option)
+CFLAGS="$SAVE_CFLAGS"
+unset has_option
+unset SAVE_CFLAGS
+
+
 #### Some other nice autoconf tests.
 
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