On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 5:13 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> error: ISO C99 doesn't support unnamed structs/unions [-Werror=pedantic] > > > > Hmm. It's interesting that the regular DEVELOPER=1 doesn't catch this. > > It's because we don't specify -std there, and newer gcc defaults to > > gnu17 (unnamed unions appeared in c11, I think). I wonder if it would be > > helpful to teach config.mak.dev to pass -std=c99. > > FWIW, I use -std=gnu99 as our Makefile suggests. I understand that the default build should be lenient rather than strict for portability reasons. However, it would be good if the CI was strict with this. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - Google Munich I work 80%. Don't expect answers from me on Fridays. -- Google Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Strasse 33, 80636 Munich Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado