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

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