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Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/gtk



On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:09:18AM +0000, Chuck Cranor wrote:
 > > Please just fix the stupid configure tests to always use static for
 > > inline functions.
 > 
 > I'll try and look at it.   I didn't really understand what was going
 > on, but then I found this discussion on gcc inline and c99:
 >   http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-11/msg00006.html
 > 
 > yuck, what a standards mess gcc got itself into.   The Apple version
 > of gcc with -std=c99 (or -std=gnu99) follows the c99 standard 
 > ("extern inline") generates a T text symbol, where as the netbsd gcc 
 > does not.   My reading of that message seems to indicate that 
 > netbsd gcc is doing the wrong thing according to the standard?

My understanding from reading comp.std.c is that the message is wrong.
I will look for C&V though, because my understanding is by no means
authoritative.

(Adding tech-toolchain for obvious reasons.)

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David A. Holland
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