2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5d6982ff4..dd64f1374 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  - (dtucker) [regress/test-exec.sh] Do not prepend an extra "/" to a fully-
    qualified sshd pathname since some systems (eg Cygwin) may consider "/foo"
    and "//foo" to be different.  Spotted by vinschen at redhat.com.
+ - (tim) [configure.ac ] Not all gcc's support -Wsign-compare
 
 20050821
  - (dtucker) [configure.ac defines.h includes.h sftp.c] Add support for
@@ -2950,4 +2951,4 @@
    - (djm) Trim deprecated options from INSTALL. Mention UsePAM
    - (djm) Fix quote handling in sftp; Patch from admorten AT umich.edu
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3876 2005/08/23 13:32:05 dtucker Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3877 2005/08/24 00:11:26 tim Exp $
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 619a4e76a..f1588c693 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.287 2005/08/22 22:06:56 dtucker Exp $
+# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.288 2005/08/24 00:11:26 tim Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Damien Miller
 #
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ AC_CHECK_DECL(LLONG_MAX, have_llong_max=1, , [#include <limits.h>])
 
 if test "$GCC" = "yes" || test "$GCC" = "egcs"; then
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wsign-compare"
+        GCC_VER=`$CC --version`
+        case $GCC_VER in
+                1.*) ;;
+                2.8* | 2.9*) CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wsign-compare" ;;
+                2.*) ;;
+                *) CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wsign-compare" ;;
+        esac
 
         if test -z "$have_llong_max"; then
                 # retry LLONG_MAX with -std=gnu99, needed on some Linuxes