diff -up wxWidgets-3.1.6/src/common/appbase.cpp.abicheck wxWidgets-3.1.6/src/common/appbase.cpp
--- wxWidgets-3.1.6/src/common/appbase.cpp.abicheck	2022-04-04 09:41:33.000000000 -0400
+++ wxWidgets-3.1.6/src/common/appbase.cpp	2022-04-04 19:14:33.883814729 -0400
@@ -843,11 +843,8 @@ bool wxAppConsoleBase::CheckBuildOptions
         wxString prog = wxString::FromAscii(optionsSignature);
         wxString progName = wxString::FromAscii(componentName);
 
-        wxLogFatalError(wxT("Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.\nThe library used %s,\nand %s used %s."),
+        wxLogWarning(wxT("Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.\nThe library used %s,\nand %s used %s."),
                         lib, progName, prog);
-
-        // normally wxLogFatalError doesn't return
-        return false;
     }
 
     return true;