Re: pkg/51075: Can't build archivers/zziplib

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:55:00AM +0000, coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/51075; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost
> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: pkg/51075: Can't build archivers/zziplib
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:52:44 +0000
> 
>  This works:
>  CFLAGS+="-std=gnu89" bmake install
>  
>  
>  turning _zzip_inline to static inline gets more errors:
>  
>  In file included from ../zzip/zzip.h:22:0,
>                   from ../zzip/lib.h:21,
>                   from file.c:15:
>  ../zzip/types.h:38:36: error: C++ style comments are not allowed in ISO C90
>   typedef unsigned char zzip_byte_t; // especially zlib decoding data
>                                      ^

Are you sure it isn't forcing some stupid standard mode i.e. with -ansi?
"C++ style" comments are perfectly valid C99 and that's what should be
active by default (C11 in fact) with GCC 5.x.

Joerg