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Re: [Bug-gnulib] Re: glob.h syntax errors
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-gnulib] Re: glob.h syntax errors |
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Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:27:56 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Roland McGrath <address@hidden> writes:
> I'm not positive whether the other GNU packages that use this header
> still care about that stuff, or if we should just get rid of it all.
As far as other GNU packages are concerned, it's safe to remove all
pre-C89 language portability cruft. The last holdout packages that I
know of gave up on K&R a year or two ago. The published gnulib policy
changed 1 year ago (on 2003-09-09).
Currently gnulib assumes at least a freestanding C89 compiler,
possibly operating with a C library that predates C89. The oldest
environment currently ported to, in theory, is probably SunOS 4 + GCC
1.x, though we haven't tested this exact combination for some time.
SunOS 4 last shipped on 1998-09-30, and Sun dropped support for it on
2003-10-01, so at some point gnulib may start assuming a C89 library
as well.
I hardly ever see SunOS 4 related bug reports any more, except from
computer-museum curators.