Re: [Mingw-users] Stop on first error?

[Jasper H. <jas...@gm...>]

Greg Chicares wrote:
> That option is still valid with the latest gcc:
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.5.0/gcc/Warning-Options.html#Warning-Options

Yeah, wrong page. It's valid for the latest version of gcc indeed, but
the mingw 5.1.6 does not provide the latest gcc, it provides some gcc
3 version. I don't feel like installing it to see which one exactly,
but it doesn't matter really.


Josh Klint wrote:
> I am trying to get MinGW to recognize the -Wfatal-errors the codeblocks IDE
> uses to make the compiler stop on the first error.  However, the latest
> version 5.1.6 of MinGW gives this error:
>
> cc1.exe: error: unrecognized command line option "-Wfatal-errors"

As seen here, there is no such an option in gcc 3:
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.6/gcc/Warning-Options.html#Warning-Options

MinGW-5.1.6 is the latest installer and meant to be the last one ever,
yet it is quite old. The intention is being replaced by mingw-get.
Unfortunately, mingw-get isn't done yet and as such, only gets you gcc
3 as well. This means the only official way to install gcc 4 is to do
a manual install.

There are unofficial ways, but they are considered off topic here, so
I can only tell you to search for them yourself. Other projects, like
TDM and mingw64 do offer recent installers, so they could be an
alternative.

To the mingw "crew":

This is the third time in a very short time I have had to tell this
story. It seems to me this message should be (more obviously) on the
site. On top of that, I would like to urge you to do the following:
provide a method to install a recent version of gcc (other than
manual). Perhaps this means that mingw-get should be able to install
gcc 4 real soon, perhaps this means that you should adapt some
temporary install method as "official" until mingw-get is able to
install gcc 4. I am afraid you are shooting yourself in the foot and
losing users by not doing so. I don't like to have to mention other
mingw projects in order to be able to mention recent mingw installers.

Jasper