Makefile changes because of some errors i cannot explain when using clang. Maybe its just me i don't know but i can not figure it out

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa9ed13..60578f9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CC=clang
-CFLAGS=-Wfatal-errors -Wall -Werror -Wextra -g -O2
+CC=gcc
+CFLAGS=-Wfatal-errors -Wall -Werror -Wextra -g -O2 -static
 CFLAGS_TESTBIN=-Wfatal-errors -Wall -Werror -Wextra -g -fsanitize=address
 TARGET=7ed
 TESTTARGET=7ed-TESTING
diff --git a/startmode.c b/startmode.c
index f65a8c6..9a760b1 100644
--- a/startmode.c
+++ b/startmode.c
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ int startmode(char filename[]) {
     while(1) {
         firstwhile:
 
-        count_lines_in_file(filename, &Flines); // I do not know WHY i can not have this return to a variable??
+        int ret = count_lines_in_file(filename, &Flines); 
+        if (ret == 1) {
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }                                       // I do not know WHY i can not have this return to a variable??
                                                 // For some reason whenever i do int x = count_lines_in_file(.....) it will NOT compile
                                                 // I can not for the life of me figure out what the compiler is trying to say about the"expected expression" error
                                                 // I HAVE DONE THE SAME THING EVERYWHERE ELSE WHY WOULD IT INEXPLICABLY NOT WORK SPECIFICALLY HERE?