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Description of problem: I just tried to compile package GConf-1.0.9-11, from Redhat Fedora Core 1. The compiler said 1. gconftool.c(551): remark #592: variable "conf" is used before its value is set The source code is if (do_get_default_source (conf, args) == 1) I recommend initialising conf before first use. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Which compiler did you use? I've never seen gcc throw something like that with this package. In addition this is a GNOME 1.x package that is effectively not maintained any longer and shouldn't be used by many if any packages at all - at least not from FC2 on.
I used Intel's icc - much better than gcc for both warnings and code quality. Independent of how much use it gets, it's part of FC1, with all the quality requirements that implies, and fixing easy to fix bugs seems like a reasonable thing to do.
I don't think its worth packaging a patch for a compiler warning in a dead package. If this was GConf2, I'd fix it upstream in a flash and close as resolved upstream. But GConf (1.x) isn't going to see new releases.
>I don't think its worth packaging a patch for a compiler warning in a >dead package. Fair enough, but the bug still exists in Fedora Core 3 - someone must be using it or it wouldn't be in Core 3.