Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:58:27 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: "Conrad E. Meyer" <cem@freebsd.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r348847 - head/sys/sys Message-ID: <CANCZdfqJ9DtUZZy6yxNhG%2B6bKcQK4-PD4XUZqn%2Bv5pSMEZxOng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpXr3pC3fv%2BKU02b-iCnsMhe47TOPWOz5XshC7jH94WVeA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201906100528.x5A5S4gm072561@repo.freebsd.org> <20190610110909.3e6fbc13@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <CAG6CVpViTYjjcqT6v_4m9RFk%2BGCr7kRNGeq63%2Bv4L_QgM3DEjQ@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfoJsHRL_0Jom6bsSC9J3EZn1d-WGA41hCsvWRTBhCVzhw@mail.gmail.com> <f96e29b7fdbb0568a3f0b04878d514aa4ff436fe.camel@freebsd.org> <20190611013853.E3415@besplex.bde.org> <CAG6CVpXr3pC3fv%2BKU02b-iCnsMhe47TOPWOz5XshC7jH94WVeA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:51 AM Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 9:17 AM Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Only headers and libraries should support -std=c89. <sys/cdefs.h> has > > lots of support for compilers and POSIX versions going back to K&R C, > > and only the K&R parts are completely broken. > > Is this due to specific policy, or just inertia? (No one has bothered > to remove the old bits?) The older parts being totally broken > suggests sheer inertia. > As far as I know, it's been policy because there are a number of ports that compile with -std=c89, or used to be. I accidentally broke that a long time ago and had to fix it to unbreak a few ports (but granted, this was a while ago). Warner
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