RFC: should we use -Werror? (& sample patch to do it)
Kaveh R. Ghazi
ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
Wed Sep 5 10:44:00 GMT 2001
> From: Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>
>
> Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote:-
>
> > I also added a mechanism to disable -Werror on a per-triplet basis or
> > per autoconf test basis. E.g. if the HOST_PTR_PRINTF autoconf test
> > fails, you are guaranteed to get some format specifier warnings. So I
> > automatically disabled -Werror in that case. Also if a platform is
> > hopelessly broken, you can disable -Werror in config.gcc for that
> > triplet.
>
> I would imagine that it would be better to do it the other way; I think
> it is really only realistic to enable it on a per-triplet basis and
> default to off.
> Neil.
Oh no, I disagree. IMHO yours is a formula for never getting it done.
I don't have access to all zillion platforms gcc supports. This needs
to be a team effort if its to be successful, and making it the default
ensures everyone participates. :-)
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