During a mainline bootstrap with Ada included (and the patch from PR tree-optimization/21029 to avoid an infinite loop in stage3) on Tru64 UNIX, there occur many warnings like this:
% stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -B/vol/gcc/share/alpha-dec-osf5.1b/bin/ -c -g -O2 -gnatpg -gnata -I- -I. -Iada -I/vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada/cstand.adb -o ada/cstand.o <built-in>:0: warning: 'const' attribute directive ignored <built-in>:0: warning: 'nothrow' attribute directive ignored [...] The warnings stem from from gcc/attribs.c (decl_attributes), e.g. (first call to decl_attributes): <built-in>:0: warning: 'const' attribute directive ignored <built-in>:0: warning: 'nothrow' attribute directive ignored 0x000000012016fadc in builtin_function (name=0x14008b7d8 "__builtin_alpha_implver", type=0x3b6c0, function_code=26, class=BUILT_IN_MD, library_name=0x0, attrs=0x15bc0) at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada/utils.c:1788 #0 decl_attributes (node=0x11fffbeb8, attributes=0x15bc0, flags=16) at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/attribs.c:173 #1 0x000000012016fadc in builtin_function (name=0x14008b7d8 "__builtin_alpha_implver", type=0x3b6c0, function_code=26, class=BUILT_IN_MD, library_name=0x0, attrs=0x15bc0) at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada/utils.c:1788 #2 0x00000001206e7264 in alpha_init_builtins () at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c:6271 #3 0x0000000120163eb8 in gnat_install_builtins () at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada/utils.c:418 #4 0x0000000120163e6c in gnat_init_decl_processing () at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada/utils.c:406 #5 0x000000012015f5ac in gnat_init () at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada/misc.c:400 #6 0x0000000120644200 in lang_dependent_init (name=0x11fffe120 "ada/sdefault.adb") at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/toplev.c:2017 #7 0x000000012064457c in do_compile () at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/toplev.c:2122 #8 0x0000000120644640 in toplev_main (argc=10, argv=0x11fffc018) at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/toplev.c:2155 #9 0x00000001205e6a38 in main (argc=10, argv=0x11fffc018) at /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/main.c:35 They originate from this patch: 2005-03-08 Richard Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * config/alpha/alpha.c (code_for_builtin): Replace special-case builtin codes with ctzdi2, clzdi2, popcountdi2. (struct alpha_builtin_def): Add is_const. (zero_arg_builtins, one_arg_builtins, two_arg_builtins): Init it. (alpha_v8qi_u, alpha_v8qi_s, alpha_v4hi_u, alpha_v4hi_s): New. (alpha_init_builtins): Init them. Set nothrow and const attributes on builtins. and occur even with a minimal Ada test program: procedure conftest is begin null; end conftest; stage1/gnat1 -I/vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/gcc/ada conftest.adb Environment: System: OSF1 bartok V5.1 2650 alpha Machine: alpha host: alpha-dec-osf5.1b build: alpha-dec-osf5.1b target: alpha-dec-osf5.1b configured with: /vol/gnu/src/gcc/gcc-dist/configure --prefix=/vol/gcc --with-local-prefix=/vol/gcc --disable-nls --host alpha-dec-osf5.1b --build alpha-dec-osf5.1b --target alpha-dec-osf5.1b --with-gmp-dir=/vol/gnu/obj/gmp-4.1.3 --with-mpfr-dir=/vol/gnu/obj/gmp-4.1.3 --enable-languages=c,c++,f95,java,objc,ada --disable-libmudflap How-To-Repeat: Bootstrap the compiler as above (which fails building gnattools due to PR ada/18434). -- Summary: Many attribute directive ignored warnings during Tru64 UNIX Ada bootstrap Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: ada AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: alpha-dec-osf5.1b GCC host triplet: alpha-dec-osf5.1b GCC target triplet: alpha-dec-osf5.1b http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21952