From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K8hwD-0004uR-LY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:37:57 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8hw9-0004qn-HC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:37:53 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8hw7-0004ov-4f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:37:52 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51711 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K8hw6-0004ok-8m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:37:50 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:51328) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K8hw5-0000uH-Og for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:37:49 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K8htW-00056q-Ry for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:35:11 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K8hvS-0008KF-K0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:37:10 +0200 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:37:10 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080617203710.GA31785@thorin> References: <20080617104448.2b43f109@gibibit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080617104448.2b43f109@gibibit.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tidy up 'make' output X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:37:54 -0000 On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:44:48AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > with output that, in my opinion, makes it easier to see warnings and > errors: > > COMPILE ../util/getroot.c > COMPILE ../kern/device.c > ../kern/device.c: In function 'grub_device_iterate': > ../kern/device.c:84: warning: generating trampoline in object > (requires executable stack) > ../kern/device.c:84: warning: generating trampoline in object > (requires executable stack) > COMPILE ../kern/disk.c > COMPILE ../kern/err.c > COMPILE ../kern/misc.c I don't like the idea of hiding information this way. If the goal is to catch warnings, I think -Werror can do a much better job (and catching errors shouldn't be a problem unless you're using make -j or -k). -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)