From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13448: Cannot build Emacs 24.2.92 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20130115175931.59dbde1f13cce8bd98fbd08b@gmail.com> <7phamib6y2.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1358278596 32364 80.91.229.3 (15 Jan 2013 19:36:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:36:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Xue Fuqiao , eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 13448@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 15 20:36:54 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJZ-0002Uy-3U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:36:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58810 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJI-00041l-GI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43154) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJF-00041g-PS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJE-0007YY-Ro for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:33 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56580) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJE-0007YU-On for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJi-0006ys-DJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:37:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13448 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13448-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13448.135827860326806 (code B ref 13448); Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13448) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jan 2013 19:36:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33811 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJO-0006yI-Oy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:43 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:37234) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCJM-0006yA-Vl for 13448@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:42 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TvCIr-0007CG-4k; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:36:09 -0500 X-Spook: world domination New World Order Mafia Delta Force War on X-Ran: zBB"^C (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:08:05 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69828 Archived-At: Glenn Morris wrote: > (It seems confusing if --enable-gcc-warnings actually enables _errors_ > rather than warnings though.) https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/warnings.html says Note that it is a bad idea to use gl_WARN_ADD([-Werror]). The warnings emitted by GCC depend, to some extent, on the contents of the system header files, on the size and signedness of built-in types, etc. Use of -Werror would cause frustration to all users on platforms that the maintainer has not tested before the release. It is better if maintainers use -Werror only for themselves So why does configure.ac contain this: gl_WARN_ADD([-Werror], [WERROR_CFLAGS]) with WERROR_CFLAGS being unconditionally added to ALL_CFLAGS?