Re: Wget 1.21 and PowerMac results

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:53 PM Tim Rühsen <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> On 01.01.21 19:50, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:42 PM Tim Rühsen <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jeff,
> >>
> >> we recently updated gnulib for wget 1.21.
> >>
> >> Gnulib is C99 and at least in L288 it looks like your compiler doesn't
> >> like a C99 construct. Possibly you need to explicitly switch on C99 mode !?
> >
> > I _think_ the only thing available nowadays on the PowerMacs is GCC 4.2.1.
> >
> > In the old days we could use a modern GCC or Clang from MacPorts. But
> > the standard c++ library no longer builds on the PowerMac, so the
> > compilers don't build.
>
> gcc 4.2.1 should be ok [1]. Try using
>
> CFLAGS=-std=gnu99 ./configure
> ...

Here's the patch that sidesteps the issues using GCC 4.2.1 on the
PowerMac, if interested:
https://github.com/noloader/Build-Scripts/blob/master/patch/wget.patch

Jeff