permit intermingled declarations

configure

@@ -6834,49 +6834,6 @@ $as_echo "$ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning" >&6; }
       BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-unused-result"
     fi
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for -Werror=declaration-after-statement" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for -Werror=declaration-after-statement... " >&6; }
-     ac_save_cc="$CC"
-     CC="$CC -Werror=declaration-after-statement"
-     save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-     if ${ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-
-           ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning=yes
-
-else
-
-           ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning=no
-
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-
-     CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-     CC="$ac_save_cc"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning" >&6; }
-
-    if test $ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning = yes
-    then
-      CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -Werror=declaration-after-statement"
-    fi
-
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if we can turn on $CC mixed sign comparison warning" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking if we can turn on $CC mixed sign comparison warning... " >&6; }
      ac_save_cc="$CC"

configure.ac

@@ -1542,28 +1542,6 @@ yes)
       BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-unused-result"
     fi
 
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for -Werror=declaration-after-statement)
-     ac_save_cc="$CC"
-     CC="$CC -Werror=declaration-after-statement"
-     save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-     AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning,
-       AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-         [
-	   AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])
-	 ],[
-           ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning=yes
-	 ],[
-           ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning=no
-	 ]))
-     CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-     CC="$ac_save_cc"
-    AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning)
-
-    if test $ac_cv_declaration_after_statement_warning = yes
-    then
-      CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -Werror=declaration-after-statement"
-    fi
-
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(if we can turn on $CC mixed sign comparison warning)
      ac_save_cc="$CC"
      CC="$CC -Wsign-compare"