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| author | Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> |
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| date | Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:50:50 +0000 |
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| 1 ttn 2003-04-09 | |
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| 3 we use a C preprocesor not only in the normal compilation of .c files | |
| 4 into object files, but also for creating | |
| 5 | |
| 6 src/Makefile | |
| 7 lib-src/Makefile | |
| 8 | |
| 9 (delimited by comment "start of cpp stuff"). some cpp implementations | |
| 10 insert whitespace in between tokens, which explains the "$(dot)$(dot)" | |
| 11 and "UNEXEC_ALIAS" workarounds for unixoid systems and the bundled | |
| 12 tradcpp/ for vms. [NOTE: tradcpp/ not yet checked in.] | |
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| 14 during makefile creation, the preprocessor symbol NOT_C_CODE is defined. | |
| 15 this should not be defined for normal .c file compilation. | |
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| 17 there has been discussion on eliminating this use of cpp and relying | |
| 18 solely on autoconf processing. rms says to leave it be. |