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Re: [HACKERS] Suppressing that pesky warning with older flex versions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Suppressing that pesky warning with older flex versions
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Suppressing that pesky warning with older flex versions  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> It seems like it would be quite simple and reliable to apply a patch
>> that inserts "(void) yyg;" into this function.  (Which, indeed, is
>> essentially how flex 2.5.36 and later fixed it.)

> Sounds fine as a master-only fix, but I would vote against back-patching.

Agreed.  I see no need to change this in stable branches; having -Werror
everywhere is mainly of value for development.
        regards, tom lane

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