This is a backport from gcc bugzilla http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55383 fixes wrong warning behavior which has no workaround other than disabling the warning Upstream-Status: Backport Signed-off-by: Khem Raj Index: gcc-4.7.2/gcc/c-typeck.c =================================================================== --- gcc-4.7.2.orig/gcc/c-typeck.c 2012-09-13 10:04:44.000000000 -0700 +++ gcc-4.7.2/gcc/c-typeck.c 2013-03-10 23:09:17.610899536 -0700 @@ -4557,7 +4557,7 @@ /* There are qualifiers present in IN_OTYPE that are not present in IN_TYPE. */ warning_at (loc, OPT_Wcast_qual, - "cast discards %q#v qualifier from pointer target type", + "cast discards %qv qualifier from pointer target type", discarded); if (added || discarded) Index: gcc-4.7.2/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/Wcast-qual-1.c =================================================================== --- gcc-4.7.2.orig/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/Wcast-qual-1.c 2011-04-07 14:47:38.000000000 -0700 +++ gcc-4.7.2/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/Wcast-qual-1.c 2013-03-10 23:15:45.610894589 -0700 @@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ void f4 (void * const **bar) { - const void ***p9 = (const void ***) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast" } */ + const void ***p9 = (const void ***) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast discards .const. qualifier" } */ void * const **p11 = (void * const **) bar; - void ** const *p13 = (void ** const *) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast" } */ + void ** const *p13 = (void ** const *) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast discards .const. qualifier" } */ const void * const **p15 = (const void * const **) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast" } */ - const void ** const *p17 = (const void ** const *) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast" } */ + const void ** const *p17 = (const void ** const *) bar; /* { dg-warning "cast discards .const. qualifier" } */ void * const * const * p19 = (void * const * const *) bar; const void * const * const *p21 = (const void * const * const *) bar; }