* INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8051263fdee7fe95166ad051e433953ea4756e7a..36edfe638d434b3f3d6a333d77913e41de424d49 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2015-01-04  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+       * INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.
+
        Clarify 'make info'
        * Makefile.in (info): Use GNU make conditional rather than
        an '@' rule with a shell conditional, so that the builder can

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6850c7dfcdcad8f647cebb12fbb9a4fb13556b93..1ed269854776bde8c16ae05b2c9fa4f67059e26c 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ Use --enable-gcc-warnings to enable compile-time checks that warn
 about possibly-questionable C code.  This is intended for developers
 and is useful with GNU-compatible compilers.  On a recent GNU system
 there should be no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the
-generated warnings may still be useful.
+generated warnings may still be useful, though you may prefer building
+with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS=' so that the warnings are not treated as
+errors.
 
 Use --enable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to chatter less.  This is
 helpful when combined with options like --enable-gcc-warnings that