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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
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Subject: Re: X11R4 on RS6000/AIX
Message-ID: <9012170448.AA08404@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 17 Dec 90 04:48:13 GMT
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> I haven't had any luck with the build [R4, presumably -dM] on our
> 6000/540.  Seems that the little trick used in config which hides
> preprocessor directives from cpp when it really wants to generate a
> makefile comment:

> 	/**/# This is a comment

> doesn't work on the AIX C preprocessor--it's "too smart" and
> complains about an unknown preprocessor directive "This".

This is entirely correct; the AIX preprocessor is working the way ANSI
would have it.

> Any ideas anyone?

I wrote a cpp which comes close enough to the Reiser semantics to work
for every imake run I've tried it with - and that includes building the
whole mit/ subtree on a NeXT.  I have placed this into the public
domain; you can do anything you like with it.

You can ftp it from 132.206.1.1 in X/XNeXT/cpp.shar.Z.

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