--- mysql-gui-common/library/base-library/source/myx_library.c	2008-10-13 07:36:12.000000000 -0400
+++ mysql-gui-common/library/base-library/source/myx_library.c.oden	2009-10-05 08:14:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -51,6 +51,28 @@ typedef char    pbool;          /* Mixed
 typedef short   pshort;         /* Mixed prototypes can take short int */
 typedef float   pfloat;         /* Mixed prototypes can take float */
 
+/*
+  __attribute__((format(...))) is only supported in gcc >= 2.8 and g++ >= 3.4
+  But that's already covered by the __attribute__ tests above, so this is
+  just a convenience macro.
+*/
+#ifndef ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT
+# define ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(style, m, n) __attribute__((format(style, m, n)))
+#endif
+
+/*
+
+   __attribute__((format(...))) on a function pointer is not supported
+   until  gcc 3.1
+*/
+#ifndef ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_FPTR
+# if (GCC_VERSION >= 3001)
+#  define ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_FPTR(style, m, n) ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(style, m, n)
+# else
+#  define ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_FPTR(style, m, n)
+# endif /* GNUC >= 3.1 */
+#endif
+
 #include <m_ctype.h>
 #endif
 #endif