From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jul 28 07:38:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA24930 for current-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 07:38:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu (kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu [128.52.46.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA24922 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 07:38:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12GNU) id KAA12501; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 10:38:12 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 10:38:12 -0400 Message-Id: <199607281438.KAA12501@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: bde@zeta.org.au CC: current@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199607281047.UAA15268@godzilla.zeta.org.au> (message from Bruce Evans on Sun, 28 Jul 1996 20:47:31 +1000) Subject: Re: `const char rcsid[]' vs -traditional From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Many sources no longer compile with non-ANSI compilers because > they begin with const char rcsid[] = ... Why is this a concern? These sources are designed for use with one system--- BSD--- and that comes with an ANSI compiler. Admittedly, something like this is easy enough to fix so it probably should be, but in general, is portability between compilers a priority with FreeBSD? -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu The number you have reached is an imaginary number. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again.