#include <gettext.h>
#define _(text) gettext (text)
-char const *
+/* The attribute __pure__ was added in gcc 2.96. */
+#undef _GL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE
+#if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 96)
+# define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE __attribute__ ((__pure__))
+#else
+# define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE /* empty */
+#endif
+
+char const * _GL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE
file_type (struct stat const *st)
{
/* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 XCU Table 4-8 lines 17093-17107 for some of