gcc-2.95.2, Next 4.2, __attribute__ not fully supported

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199911040453.UAA01989@fafnir.com >you write:
  > NeXT Cube running Openstep 4.2.
  > gmake CFLAGS='-O2' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2
  > -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap
  > 
  > In spite of being gcc 2.7+, the NeXT 4.2 compiler doesn't support  
  > __attribute__ fully. This patch just sets MINOR to 8 to eliminate the  
  > problem.
What specific attributes were not supported?  Or was it all of them?

jeff