Some systems still use older versions. It's useful to be able to have access to them when working away from the target system.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Clark J. Wang <dearv...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Dennis Williamson > <dennistwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Compiling Bash 2.05b with seven patches applied. >> >> malloc.c: In function ‘internal_free’: >> malloc.c:881: error: label at end of compound statement >> make[1]: *** [malloc.o] Error 1 >> >> Adding a semicolon on the line after this label satisfies the picky >> gcc 4.4.1 (actually since 3.4?). >> >> This is just FYI for those who might need it. >> > Is there any big reason to choose 2.05b since we've already 4.x? I'm just > curious. :) >