From c980b0566a457f1b9d62354ba16a4c03f94a7c7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:31:34 +0100 Subject: * README: Mention that c99-to-c89.diff is no longer maintained. --- README | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 9e082a3c2..e7499e715 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2