freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."

I am trying to compile m4 2.0, and execute the following sequence: ./bootstrap ./configure make After a while, the processing stops with the error message freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your sys

Re: freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."

Hi René, René Nyffenegger wrote: > I am trying to compile m4 2.0, and execute the following sequence: Are you trying to build branch-2.0 from the m4 git repository? If so, that branch hasn't been updated in 7 years. Perhaps one of the changes made since then is required for your system [1] [2].

Re: freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."

Are you trying to build branch-2.0 from the m4 git repository? Yes, that's what I tried. I tried to compile it because I hoped to benefit from the improved regular expression support which I believed was promised for 2.0 - and I wanted to verify if this is already in the code.