all these warnings...

walter harms wharms at bfs.de
Mon May 16 17:00:33 UTC 2011



Am 16.05.2011 18:01, schrieb Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn:
> On Mon, 16 May 2011, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> On Saturday 07 May 2011 16:48, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
>>> On Sun, 1 May 2011, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>>>> On Sunday 01 May 2011 10:38, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>>>>>> On Saturday 30 April 2011 18:34, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
>>>>>>> dist: debian unstable (aka sid)
>>>>>>> gcc-4.6.real (Debian 4.6.0-6) 4.6.1 20110428 (prerelease)
>>>>>>> BusyBox v1.19.0.git (2011-04-30 18:22:26 CEST) multi-call binary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to understand what's going on, why, and what I can do about it:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
>>>>>>> scripts/kconfig/conf.c: In function 'conf_string':
>>>>>>> scripts/kconfig/conf.c:176:20: warning: variable 'help' set but not used
>>>>>>> [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Above, variable "help" is not used and can be deleted.
>>>>>> You can send a patch which fixes it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alright.  See attached patch proposals.
>>>>> 3 + 2 + 1 warnings may now be gone, half a gazillion still lurking around ;)
>>>>
>>>> Applied, thanks
>>>
>>> Along the same lines, see attached patch proposals.
>>
>> Applied, thanks
> 
> Thanks.  I still find some of those things after todays git pull:
> 
> archival/dpkg.c: In function 'set_status':
> archival/dpkg.c:712:6: warning: variable 'status_len' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> archival/dpkg.c:711:6: warning: variable 'flag_len' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> archival/dpkg.c:710:6: warning: variable 'want_len' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 
> debianutils/run_parts.c: In function 'run_parts_main':
> debianutils/run_parts.c:158:6: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
> 

this looks suspicious .. did to take a look ?

re,
 wh


> libbb/appletlib.c: In function 'check_suid':
> libbb/appletlib.c:566:2: warning: label 'ret' defined but not used [-Wunused-label]
> libbb/appletlib.c: In function 'busybox_main':
> libbb/appletlib.c:698:7: warning: variable 'use_symbolic_links' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> libbb/appletlib.c: In function 'main':
> libbb/appletlib.c:791:2: warning: implicit declaration of function '__sysconf' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
> 
> but I believe my previous patch proposals covered the archival/dpkg.c one.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 


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