Re: Warning compiling pg_dump (MinGW, Windows XP)

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

To: Pavel Golub <pavel@gf.microolap.com>

Cc: Pavel Golub <pavel@microolap.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Date: 2011-01-18T12:09:27Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On 01/18/2011 04:40 AM, Pavel Golub wrote:
>
> AD>  We could add -Wno-format to the flags. That makes it shut up, but maybe
> AD>  we don't want to use such a sledgehammer.
>
> I want to understand the only thing. Are these warnings really
> dangerous? Or I should just ignore them?
>
>

As I pointed out previously, we have had these warnings for years and 
years. I am not aware of a single issue that has been reported as 
arising from them.

cheers

andrew