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| Richard Kettlewell to Ralph Spitzner |
| Re: Problem compiling Dean Jones' eMail |
| 09 Nov 21 10:43:19 |
From: invalid@invalid.invalid
Ralph Spitzner writes:
> 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 ?
No standard. Even first edition K&R forbids the duplication (s11.2 para
2). It’s just something that mostly worked for a long time.
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