GNU sed 4.1.5 compile fails on RH6.2

[Greg Schafer]

Hi

Yes, it's an old host with an old compiler:

$ gcc --version
egcs-2.91.66

source='regex.c' object='regex.o' libtool=no \
DEPDIR=.deps depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../config/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..  -I../lib -I../intl -I.. -I../lib -I../intl 
-O2 -pipe -c regex.c
In file included from regex.c:61:
regex_internal.h:111: warning: `__mempcpy' redefined
/usr/include/bits/string2.h:205: warning: this is the location of the previous 
definition
In file included from regex.c:61:
regex_internal.h:395: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
regex_internal.h:712: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
regex_internal.h:725: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
regex_internal.h:734: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
In file included from regex.c:63:
regex_internal.c:750: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
regex_internal.c:786: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
regex_internal.c:1272: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
regex_internal.c:1287: warning: `pure' attribute directive ignored
In file included from regex.c:64:
regcomp.c:292: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored
In file included from regex.c:65:
regexec.c:1028: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored
regexec.c: In function `build_trtable':
regexec.c:3299: `bool' undeclared (first use in this function)
regexec.c:3299: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
regexec.c:3299: for each function it appears in.)
regexec.c:3299: parse error before `dests_node_malloced'
regexec.c:3325: `dests_node_malloced' undeclared (first use in this function)
regexec.c:3325: `true' undeclared (first use in this function)
regexec.c:3365: `dest_states_malloced' undeclared (first use in this function)
regexec.c: In function `group_nodes_into_DFAstates':
regexec.c:3579: `bool' undeclared (first use in this function)
regexec.c:3579: parse error before `accepts_newline'
regexec.c:3581: `accepts_newline' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [regex.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/sysroot/temptools/src/sed-4.1.5/lib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/sysroot/temptools/src/sed-4.1.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2


This from the configure output is probably relevant:

checking for stdbool.h that conforms to C99... no
checking for _Bool... no


Thanks
Greg