[Lazarus] -WG compiler parameter issue in cross-platform projects

[Sven Barth]

Am 14.07.2011 11:43, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys:
>> Although I still think this is a bug in FPC.
>
> +1  What is the point of 'cross-platform support' then? Letting the
> compiler simply ignore parameters that ain't relevant for the target
> seems a rather simple solution - at it worked like that for years.
> Except now.

I'm quoting Florian's answer from the before mentioned thread "Illegal 
paramater: -WG" from around 7th June this year:

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Maybe it's worse to check all the -W switches in lazarus. I made them
all target dependent.

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So it seems that it was a concsious decision by Florian. For the "why" 
you need to ask him though ^^

Regards,
Sven