1 <qandaentry id="old-sources">
2 <question><para>I'm having trouble compiling something
3 really old.</para></question>
4 <answer><para>There's a few things that don't require much knowledge of C
5 that you can do to get old sources to compile on a recent system.
8 <listitem><para>If you're using GCC 3,
9 try adding the -std=gnu89 switch to the compile options.
10 (For instance, in CFLAGS or CC.
11 The exact method is a bit beyond the scope of this FAQ.)