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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