On 3 May 2013 12:09, Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Most of the bugs filed on the gcc 4.8 tracker so far have been caused by > packages being built with -Werror. I just noticed one package where the > Makefile was being patched to remove -g from CXXFLAGS but -Werror on the same > line was left in. Just in case people weren't aware, building with -Werror is > a bad idea and against policy*. If you're fixing one of these bugs by > silencing the warning be sure to remove the flag also. > > Thanks! > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=werror > http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/02/future-proof-your-code-dont-use-werror > > > > * said policy might not actually exist in writing outside of the mailing list. > still a bad idea though. > > -- > gcc-porting > toolchain, wxwidgets > @ gentoo.org
If this is a policy, it should be documented in our devmanual. Personally I've always thought -Werror is a mistake in release code, but was accepted practice. I've almost never actively removed it from packages I maintain. That will change now, upon learning of this policy. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin
