On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:21:19 +0200 "Roberto E. Vargas Caballero" <k...@shike2.com> wrote:
Dear Roberto, > -std=c99 is not part of any standard and our Makefiles are full of > them. as(1), ld(1), and cc(1) are not part of POSIX and we keep using > them. Again, Please stop doing this kind of patches and center in > changes that actually improve code. If we find a system where using > ranlib is a problem then we can revisit this. you bring up good points, however, the difference I see here is that POSIX explicitly specifies an alternative. If POSIX specified a standard calling-convention for the C-compiler or linker, I'd use it over the non-standardized forms. And I even agree with you: Consider pax(1) for instance, and the fact that POSIX doesn't even specify tar(1) anymore and pax(1) is rarely found on systems. I'll think about this more and make a decision before the next release. With best regards Laslo
