Re: [patch] Get coreutils 6.1 to build on a ANSI 89 compiler

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
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> If we are supporting c89 compilers with this patch,
> wouldn't it be worth going the final step and
> applying it automatically with configure?

It'd be worthwhile to a few people, certainly, and it'd probably avoid
a few bug reports.  I've been trying not to spend too much time on this
corner of portability, but if you or anyone else wants to work on it,
I'll be receptive to patches.

> At least echoing the above text would be useful.

That sounds like the right approach.

> Is determining whether one has a c99 conforming compiler difficult?

Not at all.
It's already done by AC_PROG_CC_STDC, which adds -std=c99, if needed.