Bug#1097938: startpar: ftbfs with GCC-15

[Jesse Smith]

On 2025-09-05 14:11, Mark Hindley wrote:
> Control: tags -1 patch
> 
> Jesse,
> 
> Does something like this help?
> 
> Mark

Hi, just seeing this bug now for the first time so getting caught up here.

Yes, I think technically the patch suggested would work. Also, compiling 
startpar with gcc instead of g++ would work.

Not sure why, but the log shows the compiler preference is being 
overruled by Debian's build system and it's forcing the use of g++ 
instead of gcc, which is what is causing the error. startpar is a plain 
C program and invoking the compiler as "gcc" (or clang would work as an 
alternative) would avoid this error.

I think this should be fixed in the build system to use a C compiler, 
not a C++ compiler, which is what is throwing the error.

Jesse