Subject: Re: Question regarding C syntax
To: Georg Schwarz <georg.schwarz@freenet.de>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/16/2006 23:06:49
On 9/16/06, Georg Schwarz <georg.schwarz@freenet.de> wrote:
> devel/pkg-config's pkg.c has
>
> static Package pkg_config_package = {
>    .key = PACKAGE,
>    .name = PACKAGE,
>    .version = VERSION, /* .version */
>    .description = "returns metainformation about installed libraries",
>    .url = "http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org",
>    0 /* keep the rest as null */
> };
>
>
> This code does not compile with the IRIX IDO cc (other non-gcc
> compilers might also be affected).
> Is it OK to change it into the following form?
>
> static Package pkg_config_package = {
>    PACKAGE,
>     PACKAGE,
>    VERSION, /* .version */
>    "returns metainformation about installed libraries",
>    "http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org",
>    0 /* keep the rest as null */
> };

I think so... but please submit this change to the authors.

Thanks.

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