cd regexp; make r CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O"
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dennis/LIFE-2.09/Life-2.09/Source/regexp'
No news is good news...
./Try <tests
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dennis/LIFE-2.09/Life-2.09/Source/regexp'
Regular Expression Package: regexp/regexp.o done
Regular Expression Package: regexp/regsub.o done
Don't be surprised, info is compiled for Thu Jun 23 04:57:52 CDT 2016 because something has changed
sed -e "s/+DATE+/`date`/" \
	    -e "s/+VERSION+/2.07/" < info.c > info2.c
gcc -g -O  -DX11=1 -DNEEDXLIBINT=1 -DGARBCOL=1 -DALLOC_WORDS=20971520 -DUNIF_DEBUG=1 -DNORAW=1  -c -o info2.o info2.c
gcc -g -O  -DX11=1 -DNEEDXLIBINT=1 -DGARBCOL=1 -DALLOC_WORDS=20971520 -DUNIF_DEBUG=1 -DNORAW=1  -c -o login.o login.c
rm -f c_life.a
ar cr c_life.a arity.o bi_math.o bi_sys.o bi_type.o built_ins.o copy.o error.o hash_table.o info2.o interrupt.o lefun.o lib2.o list.o login.o lub.o memory.o modules.o parser.o print.o raw.o sys.o templates.o token.o trees.o types.o xpred.o xdisplaylist.o  regexp/regexp.o regexp/regsub.o
ranlib c_life.a
gcc -o wild_life life2.o c_life.a  -lm  -L/usr/lib64 -lX11 

cp wild_life ~/bin
Life generation done

