Re: [Qemu-devel] CVS build error

[Philip Boulain]

Well done, guys. Someone's trying to build CVS QEMU on gcc4, and  
you're flaming them. This'll really encourage people to work on  
making development versions of QEMU work with gcc4.

On 14 Mar 2008, at 10:53, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> WTF?

The point at which you start using profanity on a -devel list is the  
point at which you need to put the keyboard down and come back later.

> Rick suggested removing that configure message that you need to
> explicitely override its quite sane default to refuse work with gcc4,
> because at least one platform (the most common one) has problems  
> with it.

No, by the looks of it, he was refuting Ben's suggestion that it should:

Ben/Rick:
> > Apparently, we should make configure fail horribly if gcc4 is  
> > found even

> > if disable-gcc-check is enabled.
> Make configure fail horribly?  Well, that seems a bit counter- 
> productive,

> don't you think?

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