Reapply "build: Improve '-Wextra-semi-stmt' warning option check"

The commit 97073ba was accidentally
reverted by 95a1ebe.
Apply the commit again.

Original commit description:

The '-Wunknown-warning-option' option is specific to Clang, and GCC
implemented it as '-Wunknown-warning'. Rather than using
'-Wunknown-warning' which is itself unportable, prevent
'extra-semi-stmt' from turning to error via the simpler
'-Wno-error=extra-semi-stmt' option.

Also amend the code comment to better explain why the '-Wno-error=...'
option.

Signed-off-by: Kang-Che Sung <explorer09@gmail.com>

Author: Explorer09

configure.ac

@@ -1454,7 +1454,11 @@ AC_DEFUN(
 )
 dnl AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAGS
 
-AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wextra-semi-stmt],         [AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -Wextra-semi-stmt"],         , [-Werror=unknown-warning-option]) dnl the autoconf check itself generates -Wextra-semi-stmt
+dnl During the check of '-Wextra-semi-stmt' we must treat
+dnl 'extra-semi-stmt' as a non-error because the AC_LANG_PROGRAM
+dnl template will generate a warning of this (by design).
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wextra-semi-stmt],         [AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -Wextra-semi-stmt"],         , [-Werror -Wno-error=extra-semi-stmt])
+
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wimplicit-int-conversion], [AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -Wimplicit-int-conversion"], , [-Werror])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wnull-dereference],        [AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -Wnull-dereference"],        , [-Werror])