Yes, very nanny-ish. Not sure how to turn it off.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > pg_controldata.c: In function `main': > > pg_controldata.c:91: warning: `%c' yields only last 2 digits of year in some >locales > > pg_controldata.c:93: warning: `%c' yields only last 2 digits of year in some >locales > > Yeah. I was willing to ignore that while pg_controldata was in contrib, > but it's much more annoying when it's in the main tree. Anyone know if > gcc has a --not-quite-so-nannyish warnings mode? > > IMHO %c is a perfectly reasonable format choice --- the strftime man > page defines it as > %c Locale's appropriate date and time representation. > While we could go over to some %Y-%M-etc-etc notation, that doesn't > strike me as a step forward. pg_controldata's output should be > conveniently human-readable IMHO, and that means following local > conventions. > > Another alternative is > char *fmt = "%c"; > ... > strftime(..., fmt, ...); > > which I think will probably defeat gcc's check (haven't tried it > though). > > Does anyone want to argue that %c is actually a bad choice? I think > gcc's just being unreasonable here, but maybe I'm missing something > (and no, Y2K arguments won't change my mind). > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
