Subject: Re: bug#8295: coreutils 8.10 portability fixes

From: Bob Proulx <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 11:29:28 -0600

Jim Meyering wrote:
> tags 8295 moreinfo
> tags 8295 notabug
> thanks
> 
> Andreas Stolcke wrote:
> > In message 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.

Several years have passed and also several coreutils releases.
Nothing additional has been heard to this bug log concerning this in
that time.  Assuming that all is good and resolved.  Closing this bug
in the bug tracker.

Bob