On 3 May 2013 16:36, Kacper Kowalik <xarthis...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 03.05.2013 10:06, Ben de Groot wrote: >> 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. > > It is [1] > > Cheers, > Kacper > > [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/ >
Thanks! We stand corrected. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin
