complained so it cannot be entirely bad :-)
I include the email that probably explains it for people who already know:
> >Compiling with -O3 inlines functions. However the function that is being
> >inlined in makeinfo.c (add_word_args()) is a vararg function and must not be
> >inlined.
> >
> >The code in question is K&R style, and AFIK, there is no way for the compiler
> >to determine that the function uses vararg. Either change the code to use
> >prototypes, or use stdarg, or add a directive to prevent inlining.
>
> Not declaring a varargs function as varargs before it is used gives
> undefined behaviour.
>
> However, in practice the bug is probably in FreeBSD's <varargs.h>, which
> doesn't use gcc's __builtin_next_arg(). gcc should notice that it is
> used and not inline functions that have it. <stdarg.h.> uses it, but I
> think there's another gcc builtin that it should be using.
Patch attached. The ellipsis causes gcc to flag this as a varargs function,
and the name "__builtin_va_alist" is special cased in gcc to hide the last
argument in the arglist.
Reviewed by: bde & phk
Submitted by: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon)