As far as I could tell 2.0.18 was the latest available on the ftp server. I attempted to add variable ptr to the NEXT #define in regex.c and made life worse! So, I thought I better stop and let the experts take charge.
Here's the compile errors.... gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I. -I../intl -g -O2 -c `test -f xstrtoumax.c || echo './'`xstrtoumax.c source='yesno.c' object='yesno.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/yesno.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/yesno.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../depcomp \ gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I. -I../intl -g -O2 -c `test -f yesno.c || echo './'`yesno.c source='fnmatch.c' object='fnmatch.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/fnmatch.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/fnmatch.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../depcomp \ gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I. -I../intl -g -O2 -c `test -f fnmatch.c || echo './'`fnmatch.c source='readutmp.c' object='readutmp.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/readutmp.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/readutmp.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../depcomp \ gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I. -I../intl -g -O2 -c `test -f readutmp.c || echo './'`readutmp.c source='__fpending.c' object='__fpending.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/__fpending.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/__fpending.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../depcomp \ gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I. -I../intl -g -O2 -c `test -f __fpending.c || echo './'`__fpending.c source='regex.c' object='regex.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/regex.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/regex.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../depcomp \ gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I. -I../intl -g -O2 -c `test -f regex.c || echo './'`regex.c regex.c: In function `byte_re_match_2_internal': In file included from regex.c:635: regex.c:6109: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:6109: `ptr' undeclared (first use in this function) regex.c:6109: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once regex.c:6109: for each function it appears in.) regex.c:6305: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:6358: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:6374: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:6744: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:6796: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:6935: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7000: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7013: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7018: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7032: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7040: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7050: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7060: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7092: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7149: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7358: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7391: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7432: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7456: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7471: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7501: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7508: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7525: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7534: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7543: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7608: syntax error before `ptr' regex.c:7617: syntax error before `ptr' make[3]: *** [regex.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/u01/home/jeffd/textutils-2.0.18/lib' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/u01/home/jeffd/textutils-2.0.18/lib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/u01/home/jeffd/textutils-2.0.18' make: *** [all] Error 2 _______________________________________________ Bug-textutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils