Re: fileutils vs old cc compiler

[Jim Meyering]

"George R. Gonzalez" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi, we have a HP/UX system with the stripped down compiler.
>
> When compiling fileutils there are a few minor glitches:
>
> Several functions are declared with prototypes-- the compiler barfs on
> these.
>
> in one place there's a "struct xx yy = *x;" with is a mixed declaration and
> executable
> statement-- the compiler barfs on this too.
>
> Otherwise it mostly sails thru, it's a shame there's just these few minor
> glitches
> that have to be hand-patched.

Please send the actual compiler error messages and give
your system/compiler versions.