A patch for Makefile.in

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Mon Jul 27 09:36:00 GMT 1998


  In message < k2vhoj742t.fsf@zero.aec.at >you write:
  > > I'm open to thoughts & comments from the list on this topic.
  > 
  > I'm not sure why you want this.
Because when people call cpp directly it bypasses the specs handling
in the compiler, which is the preferred way to handle predefines and
such.

If folks had been calling cpp indirectly via gcc, when we would not
have had the -Di386 fiasco for example.


jeff



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