Syntax error with different gcc version?

a.c: In function `goUpDir':
a.c:44: parse error before `char'
a.c:45: `newDir' undeclared (first use in this function)
a.c:45: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
a.c:45: for each function it appears in.)
a.c: In function `goIntoDir':
a.c:54: parse error before `char'
a.c:57: `newDir' undeclared (first use in this function)
a.c:57: `oldDir' undeclared (first use in this function)

44  char newDir[50] = "";
54  char* oldDir = (char*)get_current_dir_name();

uname -a
gcc -v

-std=c89 -pedantic -Wall

-std=gnu89 -pedantic -Wall

gcc --version