
libXXX.a(XXX.o): warning: multiple common of `XXX type_info node'
XXX.o: warning: previous common is here
Is this a bug in DCMTK? Can I avoid this warning somehow?

If you are really annoyed by this warning, there are two ways to avoid it:
- You can compile DCMTK with RTTI support switched off. DCMTK does not use RTTI, so this is safe and will also result in smaller binaries. However, the resulting libraries cannot be linked with other C++ libraries that were compiled with RTTI support switched on. To disable RTTI, add the flag "-fno-rtti" to the CXXFLAGS setting in "config/Makefile.def" after configuration, but before compiling.
- You can globally switch the warning off by changing gcc's configuration. This is located in <install_prefix>/lib/gcc-lib/<platform>/<release>/specs, e.g. /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.95/specs. This is a text file. You just need to remove the flag "-warn-common" in the section beginning with "*lib:". Make sure you know what you're doing!