Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6 | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:00:25 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2018-08-23 at 23:52 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Joe,
Hi Geert.
> Does gcc 8.x gives again the same warnings as my venerable old gcc 4.1.2, > that no one else seems to see? Or will the real bugs I detect this way stay > unfixed? Polyculture is a good thing, also in compilers.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Patches that fix defects and patches that fix warnings both generally get applied.
> Reverted locally (incl. the follow-up), applied Andrew's fix, detected new > warnings in v4.18+, and sent patches where it makes sense...
Thanks for that.
cheers, Joe
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