Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:51:52 -0500 (EST) From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net> To: leclaire@venus.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Warning messages while building kernel Message-ID: <199610181751.MAA01571@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961018110529.910A-100000@lostfork> from "Andre LeClaire" at Oct 18, 96 12:27:07 pm
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> I recently downloaded and installed the kernel developer distribution of > 2.2-961014-SNAP, and built a custom kernel to suit my system's > configuration. During the compilation process, I noticed *MANY* "warning: > comparison between signed and unsigned" messages. There weren't any > errors, though, and the new kernel boots and seems to work OK. Is this > anything to worry about? > This should be in a FAQ somewhere until we get the problem resolved... But don't worry (unless you are a kernel developer.) We started using a new version of gcc, and it is more complete about diagnosing potential problems in code. Ignore them and they'll go away :-). John
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