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From: lms@think.com (Luis Miguel Silveira)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Problem with compile.el on IBM RS6000
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Date: 16 Mar 91 00:02:48 GMT
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It seems that the IBM RS600 C compiler does not generate the error
messages in the format that Emacs expects, in order to allow the use
of 'next-error' on the *compilation* buffer.

Normally compilers generate an error message that contains a file
name, a line number and some explanation about the error.
Unfortunately, the IBM C compiler seems to believe that the file name
are irrelevant and does not output them.

Has anyone noticed this problem already ?  Anyone got a fix (temporary
or permanent) ?  We have been using a temporary solution which
involves piping the output of the C compiler through a filter that
generates the proper message.  We are not particularly happy about
this setup as it is non-portable.


Ricardo Telichevesky

(ricardo@rle-vlsi.mit.edu)

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