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On 21/01/2023 07:47, Arrigo Marchiori via Cygwin wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 09:19:49PM -0800, Nathan via Cygwin wrote:
> 
>> The file here for a game I wanted to use is
>> http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/Adventure2.5.tar.gz and it
>> all compiled but one file getting the error is init.c  as follows:
>>
[...]
> 
>> so any tips or suggestions to fix this would be appreciated.

You might also find the package 'nfrotz' of some interest.

https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/nfrotz-src.html

> I guess that this code was written to work older compilers, that
> allowed different (looser) constructs.
> 
> The problem is not Cygwin, but rather the compiler installed with
> Cygwin.
> 
> For this reason, what follows is off-topic here.
> 
> The attached patch should allow compilation with today's compilers.
> Copy the file in the same directory as the sources and run:
> 
>   $ patch < adventure.patch
> 


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