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Re: GDB compile problem.
- To: gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: GDB compile problem.
- From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 22:55:34 -0800
After a couple of rounds of e-mail, we figured out the problem:
on Alex Turner's system, there's an environment variable "CPP=g++".
The configure script uses "CPP" to run the preprocessor, which causes
a bunch of configury stuff to fail.
Note that "CPP=g++ -E" would probably work, but "g++" with no further
flags doesn't behave much like old school /lib/cpp.
The name "CPP" is fundamentally ambiguous. Perhaps configure files
could test out the preprocessor (especially if it is user-specified)
and give a more clear error up front. I'll sleep on it and then maybe
file an enhancement request for autoconf.
Michael