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Re: [RFA] Do not build gdbserver with -Werror by default if development=false


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On GDB release branches, we change $development in gdb/development.sh
> to false, in order to build the GDB release without -Werror by default,
> thus avoiding harmless compiler warnings from breaking the build of
> someone who's only interested in building GDB rather than working
> on it.
>
> This patch implements the same strategy for gdbserver, using the exact
> same method.
>
> gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
>
>         * configure.ac: Only use -Werror by default when DEVELOPMENT
>         is true.
>         * configure: Regenerate.
>
> Tested on x86_64-linux, by rebuilding GDBserver first with development
> set to true, and then doing it again with development set to false.
> Werror was used in the first case, but not in the second.
>
>
> OK to commit?

We've done this with gdb for awhile, so I see no reason to not do it
for gdbserver.
[fwiw]


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