Re: -Werror enabled by default on GNU/Hurd

> > When building gdb on GNU/Hurd, -Werror is enabled by default.  I think
> > that's a bug: that option is only useful in specific instances; enabling
> > it by default means that the build fails after a plain ./configure, and
> > you need to pass --disable-werror to make it succeed.
> > 
> > I tried to locate the problem myself, but the build scripts are very
> > complex.  Could someone please give me some hints?
> 
> What are the errors you see?  We aim for warning-free builds, so the best
> fix would be to get rid of these warnings.

Indeed. If you use the development branch, then we want warnings
to trigger an error -- otherwise, those warnings very rarely get
looked at. The situation is different on release branches, where
warnings are made non-fatal.

-- 
Joel