Re: -print-* command-line switches misbehave or are misdocumented

2009-07-06 Thread Brian O'Mahoney
Re: -print-* command-line switches misbehave or are misdocumented Why not just fix it, if not document the way it works, cutsie, "its a developer feature" fools no one and just hands ammunition to the anti Linux and GNU camp, they read these lists too! -- Greetings Brian

Re: gcc Digest 20 Jun 2009 16:26:41 -0000 Issue 5996

2009-06-20 Thread Brian O'Mahoney
> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, H.J. Lu wrote: >> I think it is a bad idea to include it in -Wall. You fixed 3 warnings in >> gcc and I fixed 1 in binutils. If you have thousands of packages in C, >> -Wall may generate hundreds of warnings. It will make gcc 4.5.0 unusable >> to those people. > > A warning i

Error messages

2009-04-14 Thread Brian O'Mahoney
Dave makes a very important point, who to believe: Certainly System header prototypes, but then the file, line-number, and prototype which the implementation contradicts, whenever. mfg, Brian

gcc 4.5 ... && 32 build on 64

2009-02-02 Thread Brian O'Mahoney
Two quick questions: (1) Is the feature roadmap for 4.5, 4.6 ... published anywhere (2) What is the recommended way to force 32 bit build on 64 eg 86_64 and will it work with libtool and all. I have a solution but its very ugly! -- Greetings, Brian

gcc and the kernel

2008-12-29 Thread Brian O'Mahoney
OK, there are a few more things to say about gcc, and the kernel, and distributions (also the way patches to both work, to both). Stipulations: (a) I always try to run the current stable kernel, released by the 'stable-team' led by GKH. But he is getting too good, stable is 2.6.27.10 but I am run