# Make Ruby 3.0.3 on Solaris 10 with cc -D\_STDC\_C99= fatal error

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**Created:** [December 28, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-ruby-3-0-3-on-solaris-10-with-cc-d-stdc-c99-fatal-error/262335 "2021-12-28T16:21:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![dklein](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@dklein](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dklein)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-ruby-3-0-3-on-solaris-10-with-cc-d-stdc-c99-fatal-error/262335/1 "2021-12-28T16:21:39Z")

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# make

# make

```
    BASERUBY = echo executable host ruby is required. use --with-baseruby option.; false
    CC = cc -D_STDC_C99
    LD = /usr/ccs/bin/ld
    LDSHARED = cc -D_STDC_C99 -G
    CFLAGS = -g -erroff=E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED -erroff=E_INIT_SIGN_EXTEND -erroff=E_INIT_DOES_NOT_FIT -erroff=E_INITIALIZATION_TYPE_MISMATCH 
    XCFLAGS = -DRUBY_EXPORT -I. -I.ext/include/i386-solaris2.10 -I./include -I. -I./enc/unicode/12.1.0
    CPPFLAGS = -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600   
    DLDFLAGS =  
    SOLIBS = -lz -lpthread -lrt -lrt -lrt -lsocket -ldl -lcrypt -lm
    LANG = 
    LC_ALL = 
    LC_CTYPE = 
    MFLAGS = 

```

cc: Sun C 5.12 SunOS\_i386 2011/11/16

…  
“vm.c”, line 3373: left operand must be modifiable lvalue: op “=”  
cc: acomp failed for vm.c  
\*\*\* Error code 2  
The following command caused the error:  
cc -D\_STDC\_C99= -g -erroff=E\_STATEMENT\_NOT\_REACHED -erroff=E\_INIT\_SIGN\_EXTEND -erroff=E\_INIT\_DOES\_NOT\_FIT -erroff=E\_INITIALIZATION\_TYPE\_MISMATCH -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I.ext/include/i386-solaris2.10 -I./include -I. -I./enc/unicode/12.1.0 -D\_XOPEN\_SOURCE=600 -o vm.o -c vm.c  
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `vm.o’

# 

* * *

Configuration summary for ruby version 3.0.3

- Installation prefix: /usr/local
- exec prefix: ${prefix}
- arch: i386-solaris2.10
- site arch: ${arch}
- RUBY\_BASE\_NAME: ruby
- ruby lib prefix: ${libdir}/${RUBY\_BASE\_NAME}
- site libraries path: ${rubylibprefix}/${sitearch}
- vendor path: ${rubylibprefix}/vendor\_ruby
- target OS: solaris2.10
- compiler: cc -D\_STDC\_C99=
- with pthread: yes
- with coroutine: ucontext
- enable shared libs: no
- dynamic library ext: so
- CFLAGS: ${optflags} ${debugflags} ${warnflags}
- LDFLAGS: -L.
- debugflags: -g
- warnflags: -erroff=E\_STATEMENT\_NOT\_REACHED   
-erroff=E\_INIT\_SIGN\_EXTEND   
-erroff=E\_INIT\_DOES\_NOT\_FIT   
-erroff=E\_INITIALIZATION\_TYPE\_MISMATCH
- strip command: gstrip -S -x
- install doc: rdoc
- JIT support: yes
- man page type: man

* * *

# 

P.S. Enabling c99 (Enable ISO C99 features) didn’t help:

CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc CFLAGS=“-xc99=all” ./configure

make  
…  
“vm.c”, line 3373: left operand must be modifiable lvalue: op “=”  
cc: acomp failed for vm.c  
\*\*\* Error code 2  
The following command caused the error:  
/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xc99=all -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I.ext/include/i386-solaris2.10 -I./include -I. -I./enc/unicode/12.1.0 -D\_XOPEN\_SOURCE=600 -o vm.o -c vm.c  
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `vm.o’