gcc-2.6.3 can compile tar-1.11.8, gcc-2.7.2 not.

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From: Franz Fehringer
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 00:00

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Dear netters,

I am trying to compile tar-1.11.8 on a SunOs4.1.4 machine
using gcc.
This tar code contains many instances of a strange construct,
which gcc-2.6.3 accepts, but gcc-2.7.2 rejects with the
error message "invalid use of void expression"
This construct consists in saying 
fputs(_("some text"), stderr) instead of fputs("some text", stderr).
as can be seen for example in tar-1.11.8/src/tar.c.
What is the intention of this construct and why is it accepted
by gcc-2.6.3 on not by gcc-2.7.2?

Thanks and best regards

Franz Fehringer

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Franz Fehringer
fehrin@math.TU-Berlin.DE
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