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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2009-02-21 21:31:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2009-02-21 21:32:17 +0100 |
| commit | c980b0566a457f1b9d62354ba16a4c03f94a7c7a (patch) | |
| tree | f045827ea815ec81c74e8db21e2634457c898f6d | |
| parent | 31896c21c6ab32f8c897b36ec1507696657121cf (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c980b0566a457f1b9d62354ba16a4c03f94a7c7a.tar.xz | |
* README: Mention that c99-to-c89.diff is no longer maintained.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 6 |
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@@ -92,11 +92,15 @@ compiler, due to the use of declarations after non-declaration statements in several files in src/. There is code in configure to find and, if possible, enable an appropriate compiler. However, if configure doesn't find a C99 compiler, it continues nonetheless, and your build will fail. -If that happens, simply apply the included patch using the following +If that happens, simply[*] apply the included patch using the following command, and then run make again: cd src && patch < c99-to-c89.diff +[*] however, as of coreutils-7.1, the "c99-to-c89.diff" file is no longer +maintained, so even if the patches still apply, the result will be an +incomplete conversion. It's been 10 years. Get a decent compiler! ;-) + *********************** HPUX 11.x build failure |