Re: PATCH: compile the kernel with -Werror

From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (roy@karlsbakk.net)
Date: Sat Jul 13 2002 - 08:41:37 EST

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On Saturday 13 July 2002 09:26, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> A full kernel compilation, especially when using the -j switch to
> make, can cause warnings to "fly off the screen" without the user
> noticing them. For example, wli's patch lazy_buddy.2.5.25-1 of today
> had a missing return statement in a function returning non void, which
> the compiler probably complained about but the warning got lost in the
> noise (a little birdie told me wli used -j64).

Why not add a menu item under kernel hacking?

roy

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