Subject: bug#18743: 25.0.50; Clang 3.0 fails to compile src/fns.c, GCC 4.8 cannot dump emacs

From: Peter Dyballa <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 20:55:15 +0100

Am 3.12.2017 um 20:24 schrieb Noam Postavsky:

> So only 3.0 fails with this, while both earlier and later versions
> succeed?
> 
>> 	fns.c:1929:16: error: read-only variable is not assignable
>> 	          *dest++ = *a++;
>> 	                     ~^
>> 

Yes, obviously. Today I do not have Clang 3.0 installed on my MacBook (with Clang 3.7.1 and newer compilation succeeds) and neither on my old PowerBook. Also Clang 3.0 is not supported any more by MacPorts, a packet manager for GNU and other free software.

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