The "%as" verb requests sscanf to allocate a buffer for us. However, this use of 'a' has been long deprecated, and gcc doesn't support it in this manner when using -std=c99. The modern replacement is "%ms". Without this change, iscan couldn't read the interpreter file, in turn breaking all scanners that require plugins. --- backend/cfg-obj.c.orig 2020-03-19 01:27:17.254762077 +0100 +++ backend/cfg-obj.c 2020-03-19 02:01:52.293329873 +0100 @@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ char *vendor = NULL; char *model = NULL; - sscanf (string, "%*s %as %as", &vendor, &model); + sscanf (string, "%*s %ms %ms", &vendor, &model); if (list_append (_cfg->seen[CFG_KEY_SCSI], info)) { @@ -1108,10 +1112,10 @@ char *library = NULL; char *firmware = NULL; - sscanf (string, "%*s %*s %x %x %as %as", + sscanf (string, "%*s %*s %x %x %ms %ms", &vendor, &product, &library, &firmware); if (library && _cfg_have_interpreter (library, firmware) && list_append (_cfg->seen[CFG_KEY_INTERPRETER], info)) {