Re: RCS will not compile om CentOS 8

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On 9/28/20 12:51 PM, Bill P wrote:

> b-anchor.c:99:1: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__'
> before '{' token
> 
> {

This is due RCS 5.9.4's misuse of _Noreturn. The attached patch should work 
around the bug (but is good for GCC-compatible compilers only; something fancier 
is needed for other compilers).

Looks like it's time for a new RCS release, if only to fix this porting glitch.

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--- src/base.h~	2020-09-28 14:21:33.916904956 -0700
+++ src/base.h	2020-09-28 14:22:29.644236409 -0700
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <vfork.h>
 #endif
 
-#define exiting  _Noreturn
+#define exiting  __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 
 /* GCC attributes  */
 

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