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Date:      Thu, 1 Oct 2020 22:21:19 +0100
From:      Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Patch compiler warnings away?
Message-ID:  <20201001222119.3011f84e@raksha.tavi.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20201001211149.uhdi4w6xstjv4iw3@t470.schmi.tt>
References:  <20201001211149.uhdi4w6xstjv4iw3@t470.schmi.tt>

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On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 23:11:49 +0200
Moritz Schmitt <moritz@schmi.tt> wrote:

> What's the recommended approach? Just ignore the warnings and don't
> modify the software since it builds anyway? Or create patches even
> though they don't seem to be strictly necessary?

I tend to patch them away, as if they don't fix them upstream they
might obscure more important warnings when building the next version.
And it's neater!

I should say that I usually have to deal with more than three warnings;
you case is more marginal.



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