Re: Question on warnings for compiling gcc from svn source

[David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>]

NightStrike wrote:
> I am building a cross compiler, and I'm not good at it, so it requires
> many tries with different options.  The outcome is that I spend a lot
> of time looking at output from the various compiles I keep doing.  I
> am curious.. there are a number of warnings for things that seem
> trivial to fix... Does anyone go and fix these things?  For instance,
> the file libiberty/argv.c has a variable "int ret" defined at line 313
> that is never used, and this triggers a warning.  Sure enough, the
> variable is never used (that I can see from the source).  Are things
> like that monitored and cleaned up?
Being open source software, GCC relies on volunteers.  You can do a 
couple of things:

1) Submit a patch to correct the problem following the procedures on the 
gcc.gnu.org web site.
2) File a bug report in the GCC bugzilla at the same site.

Failing either of those options, someone that sees your message might 
fix it.

In any event thanks for reporting it.

David Daney.