GNU bug report logs - #59992
[PATCH 1/2] tests: Fix 'type defaults' error in link_cond due to main not being properly declared

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Package: automake-patches;

Reported by: Frederic Berat <fberat <at> redhat.com>

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:44:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Zack Weinberg <zack <at> owlfolio.org>
To: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#59992] [PATCH 1/2] tests: Fix 'type defaults' error in
 link_cond due to main not being properly declared
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:14:40 -0500

On 2022-12-12 2:05 AM, Frederic Berat wrote:
> This is related to an effort to prepare Automake for future GCC/Clang
> versions which set c99 as default standard to be used.
> Not properly declaring main as "int main(...)" is rejected since c99.
...
>   /* Valid C but deliberately invalid C++ */
> -main ()
> +int main (void)

Note the comment.  Is this test program still invalid C++ after your change?

zw
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