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Subject: Re: PATCH: compile the kernel with -Werror
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@actcom.co.il>
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On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 08:26, 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.

May I suggest the user learns to use the command line properly. Adding
-Werror doesn't help because gcc emits far too many bogus warnings for
that.

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