Re: Is it OK to have compile warnings
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Tong Sun wrote:
> Is it OK to have compile warnings when building a package? If not,
It is fairly normal to have compile warnings since GCC gets stricter over time.
> how can I fix the following:
>
> dial.c: In function 'main':
> dial.c:273:8: warning: ignoring return value of 'write', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
> write(fd, buf, bufidx);
>
> I got a bunch of such ignoring-return-value warnings.
Report a bug upstream and ask them to fix it. Bonus points for reading
the C code, changing it to check the return value of write() as
appropriate and send upstream a patch.
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pabs
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