C99 removes support for implicit ints, so declare the return type of main explicitly. Future compilers are likely to require explicit type declarations. Upstream has switched to Meson, and it does not seem to use this particular check anymore. diff --git a/configure b/configure index 14cdc757c3ee0f15..504ae93d8e3a4f48 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -17571,7 +17571,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking for png_structp in png.h... " >&6; } png_structp pp; png_infop info; png_colorp cmap; - main() { void*foo = png_create_read_struct; } + int main(void) { void*foo = png_create_read_struct; } _ACEOF if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then : png_ok=yes diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index c5edeeddf766d5fb..f90ed4ef953af139 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ if test "$png_ok" = yes; then png_structp pp; png_infop info; png_colorp cmap; - main() { void*foo = png_create_read_struct; }], + int main(void) { void*foo = png_create_read_struct; }], png_ok=yes, png_ok=no) LDFLAGS="${old_LDFLAGS}"