https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87281
--- Comment #26 from Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner at web dot de> --- (In reply to Sam James from comment #25) > --enable-checking=yes,extra is the default for non-released compilers unless > you override it with --enable-checking=release. I build thousands of > packages (and their testsuites, and then use the result for real) with > --enable-checking=yes,extra,rtl. That's what I wanted to know, thanks for clarification. Can this checking in the compiler then be switched off for a kernel build (or specific files only)? Because obviously an ia64 kernel can't be built successfully with a GCC made with `--enable-checking=yes,extra,rtl`.