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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Subject: bug#78032: closed (Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#78032: new compilation
 error)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:46:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#78032: new compilation error

which was filed against the diffutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 78032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 78032-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#78032: new compilation error
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:44:57 -0700

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On 2025-04-24 03:57, Bruno Haible via bug-diffutils via All diffutils 
discussion. wrote:
> ../../src/sdiff.c: In function 'edit':
> ../../src/sdiff.c:884:8: error: a label can only be part of a statement and a declaration is not a statement
>          int cmd1 = skip_white ();

Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached to fix it.

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: new compilation error
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:57:02 +0200

Hi Paul,

The CI reports a compilation error of GNU diffutils, caused by the
most recent commit 45a4762bf3241e7fb6a2e01d382791ae44236841 .

Error seen on CentOS 7 (with gcc):

../../src/sdiff.c: In function 'edit':
../../src/sdiff.c:884:8: error: a label can only be part of a statement and a declaration is not a statement
        int cmd1 = skip_white ();
        ^
make[2]: *** [sdiff.o] Error 1

Errors seen on macOS 15 and FreeBSD (with clang):

../../src/sdiff.c:884:8: error: expected expression
  884 |               int cmd1 = skip_white ();
      |               ^
../../src/sdiff.c:885:23: error: use of undeclared identifier 'cmd1'; did you mean 'cmd'?
  885 |               switch (cmd1)
      |                       ^~~~
      |                       cmd
...

Bruno

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