On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:44:07 +0100 Manuel Lauss <mano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Can't build kernel because gcc-4.3.3 comes up with this gem: > > CC arch/mips/kernel/traps.o > cc1: warnings being treated as errors > /linux-2.6.git/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c: In function 'set_uncached_handler': > /linux-2.6.git/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c:1599: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments Turns out Gentoo applied a patch (from Debian) which unconditionally enables -Wformat-security (which is responsible for the warning). Sorry for the noise! Manuel Lauss