From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 24 15:40:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from citusc17.usc.edu (citusc17.usc.edu [128.125.38.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD7337B401 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:40:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kris@localhost) by citusc17.usc.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0ONhR642868; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:43:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:42:06 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: groggy@iname.com Cc: freebsd-questions , john@T-F-I.freeserve.co.uk Subject: Re: kernel compile errs Message-ID: <20010124154206.A42795@citusc17.usc.edu> References: <200101242303.XAA71342@en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101242303.XAA71342@en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>; from groggy@iname.com on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:03:34PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:03:34PM +0000, groggy@iname.com wrote: > > >FBSD 3.5.1 > > > > > >after about 5 years i have been used to FBSD compiling > > >without errors, so i assume i must have something wrong > > >in my kernel config, cuz i sure get alot of them now. > > >it is not bad memory or anything, cuz it's the same > > >errors everytime. can someone please point out > > >the error of my ways? > > > > > >please ditto a copy of any replies off the list. > > > > > >thanks. > >=20 > > I searched the rest of your message but couldn't find "error". > > I see lots of warnings, and I often get similar, but I don't > > think we need worry as long as the end result Works. > >=20 > > John. >=20 > thanks :) i meant "error" as in that it used to be frowned upon to have > warnings in kernel compiles. i understand they are warnings - however - > FBSD developers used to take some pride in having clean code that didn't > produce warnings - and i never had any pre 3.0-series. it isn't comforting > to see 10's of variables throughout the kernel being initialized by > incompatable pointer types, variables in functions that are unused, > variables that are uninitialized, etc. that is kinda sloppy, no? :) for > developers claiming to uphold the highest standards in coding? A couple of points: * We didn't used to enable (as many) compiler warnings during the compile * recent versions of gcc are much pickier about warnings * Most warnings are not bugs * Patches are accepted Kris --=20 NOTE: To fetch an updated copy of my GPG key which has not expired, finger kris@FreeBSD.org --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6b2hOWry0BWjoQKURAnexAJ4qaF12jUOJnS2KFwEZmRSKohG2ogCguj7n QWkwwaL6ETGbmQ0o0EQV73g= =HNyF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message