Re: Problems compiling 4.99

Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:43:03 +0000

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On 2025/10/28 2:01 PM, Laura Williamson via Exim-users wrote:
> Just downloaded 4.99, have problems compiling it, anyone?
> 
> cc dbmdb.c
> In file included from ../exim.h:538,
>                   from dbmdb.c:13:
> ../functions.h: In function 'expand_max_rcpt':
> ../functions.h:1524: warning: implicit declaration of function '_Generic'
> ../functions.h:1524: error: expected expression before 'uschar'
> make[2]: *** [dbmdb.o] Error


You need a C11 - vintage compiler.

Sorry, but we've moved on from C99.
-- 
Cheers,
   Jeremy

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