From: rasp@spitzner.org   
      
   Richard Kettlewell wrote on 11/9/21 10:50 AM:   
      
   > It used to work (and presumably can still work if you turn -fcommon back   
   > on).   
   >   
      
   ah, ok, "CFLAGS=-fcommon ./configure"   
      
   does do it.   
      
   cite from gnu.org:   
   "It is mainly useful to enable legacy code to link without errors."   
      
   what standard is this (legacy) k&r ?   
      
        -rasp   
      
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