Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar install error

[Joerg Schilling]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> "Preston, Robert F" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > (Bundled) cc: warning 480: The -g option is available only with the
> > C/ANSI C product; ignored.
> > (Bundled) cc: "prepargs.h", line 3: error 1705: Function prototypes are
> > an ANSI feature.
>
> It looks to me like you're trying to build GNU tar with a compiler
> that doesn't support ANSI C (a.k.a C89).  Recent versions of GNU tar
> require C89 or better.
>
> C89 has been out for 16 years now, so this should be a safe
> assumption.  Except, apparently, for HP-UX.  Maybe you could suggest
> internally that HP-UX by default should ship a compiler that's less
> than 16 years old?  For example, HP-UX could ship GCC; GCC works with
> HP-UX and supports both C89 and C99.  See <http://gcc.gnu.org/>.

This is an ANSI compiler but ansi has been disabled for the free variant.

Jörg

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