Re: [Boost-build] [v2] warnings=off is not working

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-27 11:36:57

"Reece Dunn" <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>>I get loads of warnings when compiling with msvc with warnings=off
>
> warnings=off is using the /W0 flag which is what the visual studio solution 
> files use to turn off warnings, so this is doing the right thing.
>
> NOTE: the warning feature is an incidental feature, so it is not
> propagated. 

That is bad.  When users build something with warnings=off from the
command-line and get a pile of warnings, they will think, like I did,
that something is wrong.  And it is.

> That way it doesn't cause a rebuild of everything. 

It could just be a free feature; that wouldn't cause a rebuild.

> If you have a warnings=on 
> in one of the project settings, this may be overriding the warnings=off 
> argument from the command line.

I do not.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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