Warnings about rcs_id strings: let's settle this

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 10:07:19AM -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
> The reason I feel that we must do this is that otherwise we are asking
> many, many software development groups to change every single file,
> given the software management practices we know them to have, and it's
> easy.

I agree.

For people who haven't been reading that other exploding thread:  here
are some actual data from actual users:

    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-05/msg00171.html

Stealing a quote from JMS:  if this warning is enabled in -Wall, the
entire C programming community will descend on your office, drag you
into the street, slap two telephone poles together, and crucify you.
And I will personally hand them the nails.

Kean's patch is a good one.  Please, let's use it.

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