Peter Simons wrote:
gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) 4.8.4 will not compile this file without this patch.
What's the context for this? What package are you building, what options to 'configure' did you use, and what 'gcc' options are present? As I recall, GCC 4.8.4 works just fine with for-loop declarations, unless you specify parameters saying "I want old-fashioned C".