[MacPorts] #72428: legacy-support header error with C90: LegacySupport/dirent.h: error: expected '; ' before 'int'

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#72428: legacy-support header error with C90: LegacySupport/dirent.h: error:
expected ';' before 'int'
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  Reporter:  barracuda156    |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  legacy-support  |    Version:  2.10.5
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Comment (by fhgwright):

 I admit I don't think I ever tested anything with `-std=c90`, so it makes
 sense that I never saw that.  Presumably `gcc14` is engaging in its
 typical obnoxiousness of acting like `-pedantic` even when `-pedantic`
 isn't specified, with the effect of failing to recognize `inline` as a
 keyword in the `-std=c90` case.

 Indeed the motivation for the `-std=c90` is highly unclear.  Usually, such
 options are used to force a ''minimum'' language standard, only to
 sometimes cause trouble by forcing a ''maximum'' standard (as in this
 case).  But I can't imagine what compiler would need to be told `-std=c90`
 as a ''minimum''.  It should be completely equivalent to `-std=c89`, and
 the only thing earlier than that would be K&R C, which is almost certainly
 not the default, if it's provided at all.

 Except for being related to compiler options rather than feature flags,
 this is a similar issue to #72406.

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