-Wdeclaration-after-statement is gcc 4-only. Index: configure.ac --- configure.ac.orig +++ configure.ac @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([X], [x11]) dnl Add some useful warnings if we have gcc. dnl changequote(,)dnl AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" = xyes], [ - CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unused" + CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-unused" ]) dnl changequote([,])dnl