Re: Discussion about why GNU/Linux system upgrades cause old programs to break

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  > A C99 program is a program that complies with rules of the C99 language.
  ...
  > Any program passed to a C99 compiler must be a C99 program.

Accepting that premise, it follows that the old programs some people
try to use again were not written to be C99 programs.  You're saying
that recent versions of GCC are is not meant to compile those old C
programs.  It seems the users are making a mistake when they try to do
that.

What should these users do?  "Fix the program to be C99" is often not
feasible, for various reasons that users have stated.  That suggestion
is not helpful.

What can we suggest to them that is feasible for them?

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