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Date:      Wed, 7 Feb 2001 06:19:44 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
Cc:        Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel configuration question
Message-ID:  <20010207061944.C1167@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <01020623040701.03509@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>; from timcm@umich.edu on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:02:34AM -0500
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102061357320.2653-100000@demeter> <01020623040701.03509@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>

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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.. :)




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