Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 05:03:58PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > I almost suggested using "git.c" as the dummy file, since we know it >> > must compile anyway. But that probably has other problems (it's more >> > expensive, and if it _does_ have an error, the results may be >> > confusing). >> > >> > It's a shame we can't just try to do the _real_ compiles using the >> > auto-dependency stuff, and then fall back if they fail. But I think >> > there's a chicken-and-egg problem there with "make" doing real work, and >> > figuring out the dependencies to do real work. >> >> Yeah, if compiling any of the real sources is inexpensive enough, I >> would think that would be the happy way to go. Do we have a trivial >> source that almost never changes? Perhaps version.c (especially if >> we kick out two helper functions that do not really belong there)? > > Perhaps. TBH, I find Ævar's latest patch to just add -Wno-pedantic to be > the simplest and most obviously-correct fix. Yes, that is very much to-the-point. If we have trouble with being pedantic, forcing us not to be is a fine solution ;-)
