Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:58:33 -0800 From: "3phase" <phase3@worldnet.att.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: kernel configuration question Message-ID: <01b101c0919c$d991a360$a9a1480c@sisyphus2> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102061357320.2653-100000@demeter> <01020623040701.03509@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com> <20010207061944.C1167@raggedclown.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: "Tim McMillen" <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: "Wyatt Banks" <banksw@sunyit.edu>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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
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