From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 7 23: 0:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48BC237B401 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 23:00:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from sisyphus2 ([12.72.161.131]) by mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.10 201-229-121-110) with SMTP id <20010208070015.VVVI7519.mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net@sisyphus2> for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:00:15 +0000 Message-ID: <01b101c0919c$d991a360$a9a1480c@sisyphus2> Reply-To: "3phase" From: "3phase" To: References: <01020623040701.03509@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com> <20010207061944.C1167@raggedclown.net> Subject: Re: kernel configuration question Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:58:33 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Sarginson" To: "Tim McMillen" Cc: "Wyatt Banks" ; Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 09:19 PM Subject: Re: kernel configuration question > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:02:34AM -0500, Tim McMillen wrote: > > > > They are just that, warnings. Messages to tell the coders to try to > > clean things up, not errors really. As I heard it, gcc has been > > raising the amount that it warns about things. As of the 3.0-Release > > series, the FreeBSD kernel compile is much louder about them. > > > > On Tuesday February 06, 2001 14:00, Wyatt Banks wrote: > > > Usually when I use a compiler, I treat all warnings like errors, > > Mmm, warnings are not errors, although they may point to > mis-intentions ! > Crank up the warnings enough and gcc will complain about the > following comment: > > /* This is a comment > /* that will make gcc bletch, if > /* you set the right warnings on > */ > > Cliff > > p.s. I will leave it to the reader to work out what the > complaint is.. :) So, did you catch anything? (: Redirect the output to a text file. You'll still see the warnings when they occur but you can browse the text files later to see what really happened. make depend > mydepend.txt make > mymake.txt It may look scary at first because nothing will be blinking, beeping or prompting but the drives will be churning away. 3p To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message