Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Add the NO_SENTINEL build variable

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:57 -0700

Ramsay Jones wrote:

> One of the three gcc compilers that I use does not understand the
> sentinel function attribute. (so, it spews 108 warning messages)

Do you know what version of gcc introduced the sentinel attribute?
Would it make sense for the ifdef in git-compat-util.h to be keyed on 
__GNUC__ and __GNUC_MINOR__ instead of a new makefile flag?

Thanks,
Jonathan