Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar install error

[Paul Eggert]

"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/>.