I was looking at the development guide and saw this:

The primary language is ANSI C as defined by the 1989 standard, but the
   code should always be compatible with late K&R era compilers ("The C
   Programming Language" 1st edition, plus "void" and "enum").  There are
   many hacks to avoid the need to actually restrict the code to K&R C --
   check out the configure tests -- but always bear the compatibility
   requirements in mind.  In particular, preprocessing directives must
   have the "#" unindented, and string pasting is not available.

5.9 does not compile with gcc's c89 on EL 8 or 9 (Rocky specifically).
I intend to test FreeBSD and Solaris as well, but haven't yet.


I will point out the C99 standard is now a quarter century old. I 
propose that we update the development guide to remove the bit about the 
1989 standard (much less K&R compatibility) since it is no longer true, 
and I personally question if it even makes sense as a goal 30+ years in 
to development.