Re: GNU make release candidate 4.1.90 available for download

[h.becker]

On 04/23/2016 11:32 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
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>     GNU make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and
>     other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
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>     You can learn more at: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
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> A new release candidate for GNU make 4.2 is available now for download:
> 
>     90a3ac4fbf4a1cf8dacaf92b079b16b2  make-4.1.90.tar.bz2
>     ffd56d762220269c0534edfda9197cb3  make-4.1.90.tar.gz
> 
> You can obtain a copy from:  http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/make/

On Linux, gnu99 is required (enabling c99 triggers other
problems/conflicts):

$ gcc --version
gcc (Debian 4.9.1-5) 4.9.1
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ ./configure
...
$ make
...
gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\"
-DINCLUDEDIR=\"/usr/local/include\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.      -g -O2 -MT
posixos.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/posixos.Tpo -c -o posixos.o posixos.c
posixos.c: In function ‘jobserver_post_child’:
posixos.c:196:5: error: ‘for’ loop initial declarations are only allowed
in C99 or C11 mode
     for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
     ^
posixos.c:196:5: note: use option -std=c99, -std=gnu99, -std=c11 or
-std=gnu11 to compile your code
make[2]: *** [posixos.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/knoppix/make-4.1.90'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/knoppix/make-4.1.90'
make: *** [all] Error 2