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Mention possible problems with new versions of GNU cpp and "..".
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:26:39 +0000
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1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered 1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. 2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
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4 * Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory.
5
6 This may happen if you use a development version of GNU `cpp' from one
7 of the GCC snapshots around Oct 2000 and later, or from a released
8 version of GCC newer than 2.95.2. The preprocessor in those versions
9 expands ".." into ". .", which breaks relative file names that
10 reference the parent directory.
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12 The solution is to make sure the preprocessor is run with the
13 `-traditional' option. (The `configure' script should do that
14 automatically with Emacs 21 and later.)
3 15
4 * When using Xaw3d scroll bars without arrows, the very first mouse 16 * When using Xaw3d scroll bars without arrows, the very first mouse
5 click in a scroll bar might be ignored by the scroll bar widget. This 17 click in a scroll bar might be ignored by the scroll bar widget. This
6 is probably a bug in Xaw3d; when Xaw3d is compiled with arrows, the 18 is probably a bug in Xaw3d; when Xaw3d is compiled with arrows, the
7 problem disappears. 19 problem disappears.