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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Does cc -E read from stdin?
Message-ID: <1990Jul31.225117.4362@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 31 Jul 90 22:51:17 GMT
Sender: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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In X11R4, the util/scripts stuff uses "$(PREPROCESSCMD) < filename" to
generate scripts.  PREPROCESSCMD defaults to the C compiler (e.g., cc)
with the -E option.

When I ported X11R4 to a system using MIPS compilers, I found that this
didn't work, so I just assumed that the compiler driver was lacking,
and got our compiler person to "fix" it.

Now, I find that the Sony BSD compilers don't handle this, either.

Is it common for cc to read from stdin, or is this a more general
flaw in X11R4?

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