Subject: Re: Kernel warnings/cflags
To: None <jchacon@genuity.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/02/2001 16:21:03
On Wed, 2 May 2001 jchacon@genuity.net wrote:

> >
> >On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 jchacon@genuity.net wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone think of a reason to not change CWARNFLAGS to
> >> 
> >> -Werror -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes
> >> 
> >> instead of
> >> 
> >>  -Werror -Wreturn-type -Wpointer-arith
> >> 
> >> which is all that's there today.
> >
> >Yes. gcc's ability to detect variables used uninitialized is not that
> >swift. It generates a lot of false positives.
> 
> I didn't say to remove the nounitialized check. I realize that wasn't obvious
> but I was only referring to the first line of WARNFLAGS in the Makefile.

Then I think that'd remove my objection. :-)

Take care,

Bill