Why does Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.4.1 turns compiler warnings into errors? - Why does Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.4.1 turns compiler warnings into errors? Description In the Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.4.1 (31 st Oct 2025) and later, you might see compilation error related to the following errors: Implicit int types (-Werror=implicit-int) Implicit function declarations (-Werror=implicit-function-declaration) Typos in function prototypes (-Werror=declaration-missing-parameter-type) Incorrect uses of the return statement (-Werror=return-mismatch) Using pointers as integers and vice versa (-Werror=int-conversion) Type checking on pointer types (-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types) This is due to an update in GCC 14 – GNU: Certain warnings are now errors, which affects future GCC versions. For more information, Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.3.1 (1 st August 2025) is using GCC 13.2. Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.4.1 (31 st Oct 2025) is using GCC 15.2. Thus, Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.4.1 (31 st Oct 2025) and future versions are affected. Note that Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera FPGAs software version 25.4.1 (31 st Oct 2025) is paired with Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition software version 26.1. Resolution GNU recommends resolving all the new errors for better code quality. If necessary, you may refer to the workaround – GNU: Turning errors back into warnings . In Board Support Package Editor, add " -fpermissive " in hal.make.cflags_user_flags . Custom Fields values: ['novalue'] Troubleshooting EIP-771, EIP-767, EIP-854 novalue ['Soft Embedded Processors RISC-V NIOS V (Primary)'] ['FPGA Dev Tools Quartus® Prime Software Pro'] No plan to fix 26.1 ['Agilex™ 3 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Agilex™ 9 FPGA Direct RF-Series', 'Agilex™ 9 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA', 'Arria® 10 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoCs'] ['novalue'] ['novalue'] ['novalue']