Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > So, I don't know. Wait let me try your specific version: > > $ ~/sparse/sparse --version > v0.5.0-207-g14964df > $ ~/sparse/sparse usage.c > usage.c:220:6: error: symbol 'BUG_fl' redeclared with different type (originally declared at git-compat-util.h:1074) - different modifiers > $ > > Er, dunno. (This is on Linux Mint 18.1). Oh, I don't question your expertise or competence. There must be something I am doing wrong, and the version of sparse I happened to have run was the easiest thing to point a finger at, but that does not seem to be it. Thanks for helping. I'll find time to dig deeper to find what's breaking it for me.