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* mh-comp.el (mh-pgp-support-flag): Move here from mh-utils.el; needed to help remove dependency on mh-utils. * mh-exec.el: New file. Move process support routines here from mh-utils.el. * mh-init.el (mh-utils): Remove require. (mh-exec): Add require. (mh-profile-component, mh-profile-component-value): Move here from mh-utils.el. * mh-utils.el (mh-pgp-support-flag): Move to mh-comp.el to reduce dependencies on mh-utils.el. (mh-profile-component, mh-profile-component-value): Move to mh-init.el since that's the only place that uses them. (Other than mh-alias.el; I'm thinking that mh-find-path can set variable from the Aliasfile component like it does the other components). (mh-index-max-cmdline-args, mh-xargs, mh-quote-for-shell) (mh-exec-cmd, mh-exec-cmd-error, mh-exec-cmd-daemon) (mh-exec-cmd-env-daemon, mh-process-daemon, mh-exec-cmd-quiet) (defvar, mh-exec-cmd-output) (mh-exchange-point-and-mark-preserving-active-mark) (mh-exec-lib-cmd-output, mh-handle-process-error): Move to new file mh-exec.el so that mh-init.el doesn't have to depend on mh-utils.el, breaking circular dependency. * mh-alias.el: mh-customize.el: mh-e.el: mh-funcs.el: mh-gnus.el: * mh-identity.el: mh-inc.el: mh-junk.el: mh-mime.el: mh-print.el: * mh-search.el: mh-seq.el: mh-speed.el: Added debugging statements (commented out) around requires to help find dependency loops. Will remove them when issues are resolved.

ttn 2003-04-09

we use a C preprocesor not only in the normal compilation of .c files
into object files, but also for creating

	src/Makefile
	lib-src/Makefile

(delimited by comment "start of cpp stuff").  some cpp implementations
insert whitespace in between tokens, which explains the "$(dot)$(dot)"
and "UNEXEC_ALIAS" workarounds for unixoid systems and the bundled
tradcpp/ for vms.  [NOTE: tradcpp/ not yet checked in.]

during makefile creation, the preprocessor symbol NOT_C_CODE is defined.
this should not be defined for normal .c file compilation.

there has been discussion on eliminating this use of cpp and relying
solely on autoconf processing.  rms says to leave it be.

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