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by fuhsnn 459 days ago
For the cases in linked doc, does adding -std=gnu17 to packages not suffice?

I would consider the union initializer change (require adding -fzero-init-padding-bits=unions for old behavior) much more hidden and dangerous, which is not directly related to ISO C23 standard.
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rwmj 459 days ago
It's true that it does, yes. However that would still require changes to the build system. In any case for the vast majority of the packages we decided to fix (if you think this is a fix!) the code.
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fuhsnn 459 days ago
>if you think this is a fix

I would count it as doing maintenance work for the upstream, kudos for doing this!

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