Thanks Luis, I replaced `-lang-c89` with `-std=c90` and that let me compile
successfully.

I wanted to try compiling a weaker version :). Even with setting `--level`
for 3.8 I see no real difference in strength/rank.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 4:47 PM Luis Felipe Strano Moraes <
[email protected]> wrote:

> James,
>
> is there any reason why you are trying to build even older versions?
>
> The error there is that that specific compiler flag is not valid for this
> version of GCC. I'd guess you would have to look at how to switch it for
> something else to see if it would still build, this seems to be implying it
> should be using the C89 standard, which you can do in different ways now:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Standards.html
> "-ansi, -std=c90 or -std=iso9899:1990"
>
> I'm trying to chat with folks from GNU to see if we can sort out making a
> new release of GNU Go to at the very least solve some compilation issues
> and make it build again, hopefully have something happen soon on it.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 6:08 AM James Dempsey <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm experiencing another compilation issue, this time for GNU Go 2.6 on
>> Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye).
>>
>> gcc is
>>
>> gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110
>>
>>
>> Error is:
>>
>> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../engine -I../interface    -g -O2
>>> -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align
>>> -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
>>> -Wmissing-declarations -Wp,-lang-c89 -c sgf.c
>>> cc1: error: command-line option ‘-lang-c89’ is valid for the driver but
>>> not for C
>>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:155: sgf.o] Error 1
>>> make[1]: *** [Makefile:158: all-recursive] Error 1
>>> make: *** [Makefile:306: all-recursive-am] Error 2
>>
>>
>> One again, not a C programmer and couldn't exactly make sense of the
>> answers I had searched for.  Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you.
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