linux-kernel - Re: Compiler warnings

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Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:41:42 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"Fred ." <eldmannen@...il.com>
Subject:  Re: Compiler warnings

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:16:14 +0100
> "Fred ." <eldmannen@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> I compiled the Linux 2.6.27.6 kernel on Ubuntu 8.10 with gcc (Ubuntu
>> 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) 4.3.2.
> 
> Your compiler appears to be faulty. You should report this to Ubuntu
> 
The warnings are valid (they're coming from -Wformat-security) but I 
don't believe those warnings are normally enabled in kernel compilation. 
Presumably some Ubuntu gcc patch enables them by default.

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