> trying to compile a kernel with sources supped on 4-04-99, I get the
> following:
> 
> -----------
> bash-2.02# make
> cc  -O2 -Werror -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes
> -Wpointer-arith -I. -I../../../../arch -I../../../.. -nostdinc -DLKM
> -DDIAGNOSTIC -DGERMAN_KBD -DMAXUSERS=32 -D_KERNEL -Di386  -c
> ../../../../kern/vfs_getcwd.c
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> ../../../../kern/vfs_getcwd.c: In function `getcwd_common':
> ../../../../kern/vfs_getcwd.c:319: warning: `bp' might be used
> uninitialized in this function
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> bash-2.02#

Let me guess: you're still using gcc 2.7.x -- the stock compiler in
1.3.x, instead of egcs?

(the egcs in -current has some of the unused-variable warnings turned
off..)

This should now be fixed on the trunk; I'm shortly going to request a
pullup to the release branch.

Fix:

--- vfs_getcwd.c        1999/03/25 04:45:57     1.3
+++ vfs_getcwd.c        1999/04/05 03:31:44
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 {
        struct filedesc *fdp = p->p_fd;
        struct vnode *pvp = NULL;
-       char *bp;
+       char *bp = NULL;
        int error;
 
        if (rvp == NULL) {

					- Bill