From: Michael Schubert Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:27:22 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] run-command.c: Fix unused variables warning with gcc 4.6 Message-ID: <4DB6C83A.4040900@elegosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <4DB6C501.6000705@drmicha.warpmail.net> On 04/26/2011 03:13 PM, Michael J Gruber wrote: > Michael Schubert venit, vidit, dixit 26.04.2011 14:28: >> As of gcc 4.6 -Wall includes -Wunused-but-set-variable. Remove all >> unused variables to prevent those warnings. >> >> Signed-off-by: Michael Schubert >> --- >> run-command.c | 10 ++++------ >> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c >> index f91e446..6e0be54 100644 >> --- a/run-command.c >> +++ b/run-command.c >> @@ -67,21 +67,19 @@ static int child_notifier = -1; >> >> static void notify_parent(void) >> { >> - ssize_t unused; >> - unused = write(child_notifier, "", 1); >> + write(child_notifier, "", 1); >> } >> >> static NORETURN void die_child(const char *err, va_list params) >> { >> char msg[4096]; >> - ssize_t unused; >> int len = vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params); >> if (len > sizeof(msg)) >> len = sizeof(msg); >> >> - unused = write(child_err, "fatal: ", 7); >> - unused = write(child_err, msg, len); >> - unused = write(child_err, "\n", 1); >> + write(child_err, "fatal: ", 7); >> + write(child_err, msg, len); >> + write(child_err, "\n", 1); >> exit(128); >> } >> #endif > > git log -S"unused" origin/master run-command.c > > shows that these dummies were introduced for a reason. How do you > invalidate that? Sorry, just missed that.