Error related to restrict keyword supressed for older vs compiler

diff --git a/tar/bsdtar.h b/tar/bsdtar.h
index 45dfeed7dce3ff1075907f31020f48d63e5e4bbf..8ef8676d7ef8fbb01d159ba85e95c39ed26b4d08 100644 (file)
--- a/tar/bsdtar.h
+++ b/tar/bsdtar.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #define ENV_WRITER_OPTIONS     "TAR_WRITER_OPTIONS"
 #define IGNORE_WRONG_MODULE_NAME "__ignore_wrong_module_name__,"
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER ) && (_MSC_VER < 1927 )   /* Check if compiler pre-dated Visual Studio 2019 Release 16.8 */
+#define restrict               /* The restrict keyword is not supported.  */
+#endif
+
 struct creation_set;
 /*
  * The internal state for the "bsdtar" program.