Re: [PATCH] objtool: Don't use -Werror

[Luis Ressel]

On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 11:15:41AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> I consider that a good thing, because I *want* the build to be broken
> when somebody uses a bad version of libelf.  A patch to produce a more
> useful error message (e.g., "bad version of libelf") would be welcome of
> course.

Do that if you must, but please do it properly (i.e. check the libelf
version and error out explicitly with a suitable message, instead of
relying on -Werror), and don't backport the change to stable kernels.

The patch which I referenced in my commit message suddently broke the
build for me between 4.19.32 and .33; I consider that a regression which
ought to be fixed.

Regards,
Luis