Re: [patch] gnulib testsuite c99-ism

[Jim Meyering]

Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>>> The gnulib test suite (from coreutils) fails on my non-c99 compiler,
>>> needing the following patch:
>> ...
>> Thanks.
>> This is actually part of coreutils.
>
> Well, it's in the section labeled "gnulib test suite" :-).

If you were to read the contribution guidelines in HACKING,
you would see that a cloned coreutils directory contains
the files you changed, and a cloned gnulib directory does not.

>> Here's what I'll push soon.
>
> Thanks.
>
> (What's the status of the c89 patch I posted [1]? Given that it
> consists entirely of changes like the aforementioned patch, any chance
> of at least pushing it upstream for those that need it?)
>
> 1: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/16324

It'd be nice if you would maintain that for a while.
I haven't reviewed it, and as such, can't in good conscience
accept it.  I really don't want to spend time supporting
such old compilers.  I hope you'll understand.
Besides, if you really wanted to, you could build a new
enough version of gcc on the system in question.

However, as I said before, if enough people clamor for
support in coreutils for old compilers, I'll reconsider.