Use of Apple specific compiler option

[rinkevichjmhotmail.com]

In attempting to build the HEAD of NeoOffice with GCC 4.1 (FSF/non-Apple line). I got the following error (I realize it wouldn't have occurred with the Apple GCC 4.0) below. The question isn't why I got the error but why is any thing using "pascal-strings"? They were originally for using with Mac OS before OS X and I'm certain that its not portable to GNUStep and probably not supported by Intel's compiler for the Mactels.
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Making all in GSM610
if /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile /opt/local/bin/gcc-4.1 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src -malign-natural -O2 -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wnested-externs -Wbad-function-cast -Wwrite-strings -pipe -fpascal-strings -I/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -MT add.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/add.Tpo" \
-c -o add.lo `test -f 'add.c' || echo './'`add.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/add.Tpo" ".deps/add.Plo"; \
else rm -f ".deps/add.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
/opt/local/bin/gcc-4.1 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src -malign-natural -O2 -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wnested-externs -Wbad-function-cast -Wwrite-strings -pipe -fpascal-strings -I/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -MT add.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/add.Tpo -c add.c -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/add.o
cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-fpascal-strings"
make[4]: *** [add.lo] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

[pluby]

Well, if you actually looked at the code that is being compiled, you would realize that:

1. You are compiling the OpenOffice.org code

2. The specific files that you are compiling are a third-party piece of code called libsndfile that is written by Sun Microsystems.

So, feel free to patch it and send your patch to OpenOffice.org.

Patrick

[jjmckenzie51]