From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:27:01 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: DOC: install: mention the common strict-aliasing warning on older compilers
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DOC: install: mention the common strict-aliasing warning on older compilers

In the errors and warnings section about common issues, it's useful to
mention the strict-aliasing warning that was happening with gcc-4.4 that
may still be found on old systems, especially since it will probably take
ages to build there and the warning is harmless.
---

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ca47aa83da..e8b36e0a75 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -446,6 +446,10 @@ target. Common issues may include:
        not support QUIC. Either disable QUIC with "USE_QUIC=" or use any
        other supported compatible library.
 
+  - many "dereferencing pointer 'sa.985' does break strict-aliasing rules"
+    => these warnings happen on old compilers (typically gcc-4.4), and may
+       safely be ignored; newer ones are better on these.
+
 
 4.11) QUIC
 ----------