Build: Detect supported compiler warning flags better. Clang and nowadays also GCC accept any -Wfoobar option but then may give a warning that an unknown warning option was specified. To avoid adding unsupported warning options, the options are now tested with -Werror. Thanks to Charles Diza.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 2df6797..e41979b 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac
@@ -749,8 +749,9 @@ do AC_MSG_CHECKING([if $CC accepts $NEW_FLAG]) OLD_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" - CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $NEW_FLAG" - AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([void foo(void) { }])], [ + CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $NEW_FLAG -Werror" + AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE( + [void foo(void); void foo(void) { }])], [ AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS $NEW_FLAG" AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) ], [