[Freeciv-Dev] the compiler is our friend

[Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I keep seeing patches and even CVS commits that don't compile cleanly.

It's easy to use the compiler to inform you of the inevitable typos and
small mistakes to which we are all susceptible.  Using gcc, compile with
the following flags to catch many problems:

    -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align
    -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Werror

(These are the flags I use for Freeciv.)

You can slip compiler flags in via make, by doing:

    make CPPFLAGS='<flags you want to add>'

jjm