From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1355 invoked by alias); 4 Dec 2006 18:47:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 1343 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Dec 2006 18:47:22 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp1.dnsmadeeasy.com (HELO smtp1.dnsmadeeasy.com) (205.234.170.134) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:47:14 +0000 Received: from smtp1.dnsmadeeasy.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.dnsmadeeasy.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC537226B89; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:47:12 -0500 (EST) X-Authenticated-Name: js.dnsmadeeasy X-Transit-System: In case of SPAM please contact abuse@dnsmadeeasy.com Received: from avtrex.com (unknown [67.116.42.147]) by smtp1.dnsmadeeasy.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:47:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.7.26] ([192.168.7.26]) by avtrex.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:47:11 -0800 Message-ID: <45746D2F.1060101@avtrex.com> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:47:00 -0000 From: David Daney User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc3 (X11/20050929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Set --disable-werror by default again for the release? References: <20061204182442.GB11343@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <20061204182442.GB11343@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-12/txt/msg00023.txt.bz2 Joel Brobecker wrote: > Hello, > > A user reported that he failed to build GDB on x86-linux, I think > it was RedHat FC 5. The builds are due to warnings beeing treated > as errors. > > For the last release, I turned --disable-werror by default because > I didn't want users to get their build stuck because of warnings. > I thought there would be less issues with that with this release, > but maybe I'm wrong. > > Because C compilers vary a lot in the warnings they emit, and newer > compilers always find newer warnings, I am starting to think that > we might want to produce all our released with --disable-werror by > default. More work for me, but less hassle for the users... > Possibly less work for you, as you will not have to answer all those questions about failed builds by telling people to configure with --disable-werror. > What does everyone think? It is a good idea. David Daney