Subject: bug#8295: coreutils 8.10 portability fixes

From: Jim Meyering <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:44:17 +0200

tags 8295 moreinfo
tags 8295 notabug
thanks

Andreas Stolcke wrote:
> In message <[email-masked]>you wrote:
>> On 03/19/2011 12:04 PM, Andreas Stolcke wrote:
>> > - Several places where iterator variables are declared inside
>> > for(), failing compiles
>> >    on systems that support c99.
>>
>> I assume you meant "systems that don't support c99".
>
> right.
>
>>
>> The README file has a section "Pre-C99 build failure"
>> about that.  Which compiler were you using, and why
>> didn't "configure" successfully put it into c99 mode?
>
> gcc-3.4.6 on mips-sgi-irix5.3, the last version i was able build on this old box.
> Good question, i don't know why configure didn't add -std=c99 to the CFLAGS.
> That would be the easier fix.

I've marked this as notabug for now, presuming the probmem is due
to your compiler.  Please let us know if you learn otherwise.