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author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:59:43 +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
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4 into object files, but also for creating
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6 src/Makefile
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7 lib-src/Makefile
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9 (delimited by comment "start of cpp stuff"). some cpp implementations
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10 insert whitespace in between tokens, which explains the "$(dot)$(dot)"
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11 and "UNEXEC_ALIAS" workarounds for unixoid systems and the bundled
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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.
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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
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18 solely on autoconf processing. rms says to leave it be.
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20 ;;; arch-tag: d654291e-9fc8-41b7-ab0c-d3cde842a8e0