Re: [PATCH] git-compat-util: suppress unavoidable Apple-specific deprecation warnings
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 in July 2011, Apple deprecated all
> openssl.h functionality due to OpenSSL ABI (application binary
> interface) instability, resulting in an explosion of compilation
> warnings about deprecated SSL, SHA1, and X509 functions (among others).
>
> 61067954ce (cache.h: eliminate SHA-1 deprecation warnings on Mac OS X;
> 2013-05-19) and be4c828b76 (imap-send: eliminate HMAC deprecation
> warnings on Mac OS X; 2013-05-19) attempted to ameliorate the situation
> by taken advantage of drop-in replacement functionality provided by
s/taken/taking/
(despite proof-reading multiple times)
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> Apple's (ABI-stable) CommonCrypto facility, however CommonCrypto
> supplies only a subset of deprecated OpenSSL functionality, thus a host
> of warnings remain.
>
> Despite this shortcoming, it was hoped that Apple would ultimately
> provide CommonCrypto replacements for all deprecated OpenSSL
> functionality, and that the effort started by 61067954ce and be4c828b76
> would be continued and eventually eliminate all deprecation warnings.
> However, now 3.5 years later, and with Mac OS X at 10.10, the hoped-for
> CommonCrypto replacements have not yet materialized, nor is there any
> indication that they will be forthcoming.
>
> These Apple-specific warnings are pure noise: they don't tell us
> anything useful and we have no control over them, nor is Apple likely to
> provide replacements any time soon. Such noise may obscure other
> legitimate warnings, therefore silence them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>