[MacPorts] #65128: xar @1.8.0.487.100.1: error: variable-sized object may not be initialized

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#65128: xar @1.8.0.487.100.1: error: variable-sized object may not be initialized
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  Reporter:              |      Owner:  Schamschula
  barracuda156           |
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.7.2
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  powerpc, tiger, leopard,
      Port:  xar         |  snowleopard
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Comment (by kencu):

 gcc11 already defaults to a quite new C standard.

 This whole issue of variable- length arrays (VLAs), how they are set up
 and initialized, and how different compilers and different versions of
 compilers handle it is somewhat interesting reading…there’sca lot out
 there about this topic.

 this code should probably be rewritten to initialize manually rather than
 automatically, I think, to be more compatible.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/65128#comment:10>
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