[http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-07/msg00052.html]
Sorry for the delay. >>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 08:46:26AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >>> > Is NEWS-OS 4.2R something you care about? Make variables >>> >>> Do people still use that OS? >> >> No idea, all I know about this OS is its name and this Make >> limitation. Googling for "NEWS-OS" and "automake" shows two bug >> reports in 2000 and 2001, including the complaint about `_'-variables. Jim> Hi Alexandre! Jim> What do you think about dropping that warning altogether, Someone complained that Automake used such variables two years ago, so I'd prefer to keep this warning so that at least Automake can test itself and be sure we don't reintroduce them by mistake. Also the problem generally is easy to avoid with no burden. Jim> or at least allowing packages like the coreutils to Jim> disable that part of -Wall? How can we do this? Shall we split -Wportability into two options? How would you name the other one? This sounds a bit clumsy. Perhaps it would be better to provide a way to disable warnings individually? [...] -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
