Bug#459379: libqt4-dev: "type qualifiers ignored" warning on GCC 4.3

[brian m. carlson]

Package: libqt4-dev
Version: 4.3.3-2
Severity: normal

When using GCC 4.3 to compile, I get lots of warnings:

In file included from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qstring.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/QString:1,
                 from version.cc:24:
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qchar.h:52: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qchar.h:53: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qchar.h:232: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qchar.h:233: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qchar.h:234: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qchar.h:335: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
In file included from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qstring.h:41,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/QString:1,
                 from version.cc:24:
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:144: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:145: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:147: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:346: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:348: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:350: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qbytearray.h:391: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
In file included from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/QString:1,
                 from version.cc:24:
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qstring.h:787: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qstring.h:788: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qstring.h:789: warning: type qualifiers ignored on 
function return type





This is severity normal because GCC 4.3 is not yet the default compiler.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL 
set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libqt4-dev depends on:
ii  libaudio-dev            1.9.1-1          Network Audio System - development
ii  libfreetype6-dev        2.3.5-1+b1       FreeType 2 font engine, developmen
ii  libgl1-mesa-dev [libgl- 7.0.2-3          A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-dev          2.14.4-2         Development files for the GLib lib
ii  libglu1-mesa-dev [libgl 7.0.2-3          The OpenGL utility library -- deve

ii  libmng-dev              1.0.9-1          M-N-G library (Development headers
ii  libpng12-dev [libpng12- 1.2.15~beta5-3   PNG library - development
ii  libpq-dev               8.2.5-4          header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQ
ii  libqt4-core             4.3.3-2          Qt 4 core non-GUI functionality ru
ii  libqt4-gui              4.3.3-2          Qt 4 core GUI functionality runtim

ii  libx11-dev              2:1.1.3-1        X11 client-side library (developme
ii  libxcursor-dev          1:1.1.9-1        X cursor management library (devel
ii  libxext-dev             1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extensions libra
ii  libxft-dev              2.1.12-2         FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi-dev               2:1.1.3-1        X11 Input extension library (devel
ii  libxinerama-dev         1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library (de

ii  libxrender-dev          1:0.9.4-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt-dev               1:1.0.5-3        X11 toolkit intrinsics library (de
ii  x11proto-core-dev       7.0.11-1         X11 core wire protocol and auxilia
ii  zlib1g-dev              1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8 compression library - development

libqt4-dev recommends no packages.

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These occur (at least partially) because of things like "operator const char()", where the "const" is unneeded and useless. Because qmake uses -Wall -W, I get lots and lots of warnings for every source file. At the very least, Qt should be -Wall safe, and if it's not -W safe, then qmake shouldn't invoke the compiler with -W. The spurious warnings make finding real warnings or errors very difficult. ii libice-dev 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62-dev 6b-14 Development files for the IJG JPEG ii libqt4-qt3support 4.3.3-2 Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt ii libqt4-sql 4.3.3-2 Qt 4 SQL database module ii libsm-dev 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsqlite0-dev 2.8.17-4 SQLite development files ii libxmu-dev 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxrandr-dev 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library (devel

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