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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: do you need sds to get cpp
Keywords: cpp sds isc 386ix
Message-ID: <1990Sep02.143522.11770@virtech.uucp>
Date: 2 Sep 90 14:35:22 GMT
References: <326@tslwat.UUCP> <1990Aug30.225933.22731@virtech.uucp> <1990Aug31.032345.4910@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA
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In article <1990Aug31.032345.4910@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
>In article <1990Aug30.225933.22731@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>>In article <326@tslwat.UUCP> louk@tslwat.UUCP (Lou Kates) writes:
>>>[does cpp come with the base system]
>>Cpp is part of the SDS, not part of the base OS.
>/lib/idcpp, which is the C preprocessor that the kernel builder uses...

This relies on the fact that the kernel configuration subset (for ISC, 
similar type of package for others) be installed.  This is not 
always the case (especially in multi-system environments where only 
one system does any configurations and the kernel is propagated to the
other machines).

I still think thier best solution is to use the cpp from gcc and 
distribute it with thier package (thier installation software can see if
there is another cpp lying around, and if so not install the the gcc-cpp).

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