cmake: Fix checking compiler flags like -Wno-some-warning

hebasto · Jul 1, 2024 · bad556a · bad556a
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diff --git a/cmake/TryAppendCFlags.cmake b/cmake/TryAppendCFlags.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ function(secp256k1_check_c_flags_internal flags output)
 
   # This avoids running a linker.
   set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY)
-  check_c_compiler_flag("${flags}" ${result})
+
+  # Some compilers (GCC) produce no diagnostic for -Wno-some-warning,
+  # if "some-warning" is unknown to the compiler and no other diagnostics
+  # are being produced. Therefore, test the -Wsome-warning case instead
+  # of the -Wno-some-warning one.
+  string(REPLACE "-Wno-" "-W" non_negated_flags "${flags}")
+
+  check_c_compiler_flag("${non_negated_flags}" ${result})
 
   set(${output} ${${result}} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()