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What is attribute and why does glibc 1.09 use it?

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From: Edward Hooper Connector Distribu...
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:00

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I am trying to compile glibc 1.09 using gcc 2.7.0.  The ChangeLog for glibc 
says that __NORETURN and __CONSTVALUE should be set to __attribute__ for gcc
2.7.0.  But gcc 2.7.0 chokes on this.  Does anybody have a clue?

Edward Hooper
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