From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 09:10:26 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: * INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.
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* INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8051263fde..36edfe638d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2015-01-04  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	* INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.
+
 	Clarify 'make info'
 	* Makefile.in (info): Use GNU make conditional rather than
 	an '@' rule with a shell conditional, so that the builder can
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6850c7dfcd..1ed2698547 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ Use --enable-gcc-warnings to enable compile-time checks that warn
 about possibly-questionable C code.  This is intended for developers
 and is useful with GNU-compatible compilers.  On a recent GNU system
 there should be no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the
-generated warnings may still be useful.
+generated warnings may still be useful, though you may prefer building
+with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS=' so that the warnings are not treated as
+errors.
 
 Use --enable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to chatter less.  This is
 helpful when combined with options like --enable-gcc-warnings that