--- src/attributes.c-old	2006-09-05 18:52:23.000000000 +0200
+++ src/attributes.c	2006-09-05 19:40:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
       return cval_cast(arg, size_t_type);
     else
       error("requested alignment is not a power of 2");
-  else
-    error("requested alignment is not a constant");
-
   return cval_top;
 }
 
@@ -146,13 +143,10 @@
     {
       cval arg = get_alignment(attr);
 
-      if (cval_isinteger(arg))
-	{
-	  if (ddecl->kind == decl_variable || ddecl->kind == decl_typedef)
-	    ddecl->type = align_type(ddecl->type, arg);
-	  else
-	    ignored_gcc_attribute(attr);
-	}
+      if (cval_isinteger(arg) &&  (ddecl->kind == decl_variable || ddecl->kind == decl_typedef))
+	ddecl->type = align_type(ddecl->type, arg);
+      else
+	ignored_gcc_attribute(attr);
     }
   else if (is_attr_name(name, "mode"))
     {