Re: [gnugo-devel] GNU Go 3.4 or 3.5 in Debian sarge? (fwd)

[Gunnar Farnebäck]

Martin wrote:
> FYI: arm had some gcc trouble the last days, that's why gnugo didn't get
> compiled faster on that platform. gnugo_3.5.10-2_arm.deb is now in
> incoming, meaning gnugo 3.5.10 should enter sarge today in the evening.

Sounds good.

> > mkpat.c: In function `finish_pattern':
> > mkpat.c:1199: warning: `description' might be used uninitialized in this 
> > function
> 
> This, for example, may not be that harmless as it seems. I had once
> uninitialized doubles, which were random values on i386, but floating
> point exceptions on alpha.
> 
> > mkpat.c: In function `write_patterns':
> > mkpat.c:2787: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 3)
> > mkpat.c:2844: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 3)
> 
> This one often appears on 64 bit platforms.

Well, I don't think Arend meant that such warnings are harmless in
general, but in this case they were.

> Please fix all compiler warnings if possible, even if they appear to
> be harmless. Thanks!

That's the policy we have. These particular warnings have already been
fixed in CVS.

/Gunnar