Re: #include <stdio.h> on Android clang causes an error

[Jim Meyering]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 12:27 PM Lucy Phipps <landfillbaby69@gmail.com> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Lucy Phipps <landfillbaby69@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: #include <stdio.h> on Android clang causes an error
> To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
>
> it works perfectly now! and yeah i was planning on applying this to
> several gnu packages :)
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 8:12 AM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Your latest report helped me find another portability problem.
> > Ironically, a compatibility feature in Android API 23 intended to make
> > it easier porting GNU software by assuming the GNU API for strerror_r,
> > collided with a compatibility feature in Gnulib intended to make it
> > easier to port GNU software by assuming the POSIX API for strerror_r.
> >
> > I installed a Gnulib patch to fix that (you should have received email a
> > few hours ago), and am attaching a revised gzip tarball. Please give it
> > a try.
> >
> > Thanks again for these reports. They should help make it easier to run
> > several GNU programs on Android, not just gzip.

Thanks indeed, to both of you.
This is good justification for making a new gzip release before long.