Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:00:34 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Announce: gcc bogus warning repository
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On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:58:33AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 14:45 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> > That doesn't address my question at all.
> 
> Did you have a question?
> 
> > If there is no difference between real non-init bugs and bogus warnings, 
> > then a config option doesn't make any difference at all, does it?  Real 
> > bugs are still hidden either way:  if the warnings are turned on, the 
> > bugs are lost in the noise.  if the warnings are turned off, the bugs 
> > are completely hidden.
> 
> If you turn the warnings on, at least you have a chance to see a warning
> even if it's mixed with others.

And that's better than the current situation in which respects, exactly?
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