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Date:      Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:30:16 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_main.c kern_malloc.c md5c.c subr_autoconf.c subr_mbuf.c subr_prf.c tty_subr.c vfs_cluster.c vfs_subr.c
Message-ID:  <20030725213016.GZ42924@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030725212142.GB9176@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
References:  <20030722231656.GA9715@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <16474.1058916504@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030725212142.GB9176@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>

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* Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> [030725 14:21] wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 01:28:24AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >Please remember that the problem at hand is getting -Werror back
> >on the kernel so we can catch issues like the warning in umtx.
> 
> Why is -Werror such a holy grail?  The warnings are still there -
> developers should be able to use script(1) or output redirection and
> grep(1) to find them.  Not having -Werror has the benefit that you get
> to see all the warnings and make doesn't just die at the first error.

Not having -Werror is stupid.  Please.  It wastes so much damn time
when you accidentally miss some warning emitted.

Your arguement wastes developer time and makes it more irritating to
work on a system that should be fun to work on.

-Alfred



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