Re: coreutils-6.3: c89 patch insufficent

[Paul Eggert]

mwoehlke <address@hidden> writes:

> So, at least here, if c99 becomes a strict requirement, I won't be
> able to build on sparc Solaris at all, unless I can manage building
> gcc first.

A couple of things.

 * First, coreutils doesn't require C99; it merely requires a few
   C99 features, like declarations after statements.  GCC 3.2.3
   should be fine.

 * Second, I'd be surprised if the latest GCC doesn't build on Solaris
   7.  Certainly its installation instructions talk about Solaris 7.
   (I long ago lost my last Solaris 7 host, so I can't easily check
   this myself.)

So I wouldn't worry so much about this issue; it's not as serious as
it might seem.