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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo-BkwN83ws05HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Vladimir Kondratiev
	<qca_vkondrat-A+ZNKFmMK5xy9aJCnZT0Uw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: <thomas-T/OQ2aoscs6U4IzBdx3r/Q@public.gmane.org>,
	Larry Finger
	<Larry.Finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>,
	<linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
	<linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	<netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	<wil6210-A+ZNKFmMK5xy9aJCnZT0Uw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath: wil6210: Fix build error
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:55:34 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bo5vyhrt.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5330916.8NnOO4SNAp@lx-vladimir> (Vladimir Kondratiev's message of "Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:52:38 +0300")

(Dropping stable)

Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat-A+ZNKFmMK5xy9aJCnZT0Uw@public.gmane.org> writes:

>> It also looked like that that driver or section of the kernel was compiling 
>> with -Werror. I haven't verrified that but I remember seeing "treating all 
>> warnings as errors" at one point.
>> 
> You are right, I have this in Makefile:
> (if one turn on extra warnings with -W, there will be lots of false alarms,
> that's why this ifeq())
>
> ifeq (, $(findstring -W,$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)))
> 	subdir-ccflags-y += -Werror
> endif

This is exactly why it's recommended not to use -Werror on releases.
It's ok when developers use it, but for end users -Werror should not be
enabled by default.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-21 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-21  2:46 [PATCH] ath: wil6210: Fix build error Larry Finger
2013-07-21  7:06 ` Vladimir Kondratiev
2013-07-21 15:14   ` Larry Finger
     [not found]     ` <51EBFABB.8080701-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-21 15:35       ` Thomas Fjellstrom
2013-07-21 15:52         ` Vladimir Kondratiev
2013-07-21 16:55           ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2013-07-22  1:45           ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-22  9:56             ` Vladimir Kondratiev
2013-07-22 16:17   ` Luis R. Rodriguez

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