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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 20:47:31 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: `const char rcsid[]' vs -traditional
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Many sources no longer compile with non-ANSI compilers because they
begin with

	const char rcsid[] = ...

`const' is normally hidden for non-ANSI compilers by defining it as
nothing in <sys/cdefs.h>, but copyright and id strings are normally
defined before including anything.

Bruce