Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/gtk

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 08:06:01PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > > 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.

For the record, I was entirely wrong here, and the message cited is
correct.

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David A. Holland
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