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From: rkrebs@fantasy.dsd.es.com (Randall Krebs)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: perl4.010 -P (cpp flag) is busted
Keywords: cpp wrapper
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.002048.27986@dsd.es.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 00:20:48 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.102941.9804@bernina.ethz.ch>
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In article <1991Jun11.102941.9804@bernina.ethz.ch>, karrer@bernina.ethz.ch (Andreas Karrer) writes:
> It seems that on SunOS/Ultrix/ConvexOS and probably others, perl4.010 -P
> will only work if your perl source is in exactly the same spot as it
> was when perl was installed.
> 
> This is because Configure decides (after cc -E fails) to use the following
> script to invoke the C preprocessor:
> 
> 	cat >.$$.c; cc -E ${1+"$@"} .$$.c; rm .$$.c
> 
> [...]

Yeah.  I ran into this, too.   Mips RISC/os 4.52.  I ended up
installing cppstdin by hand into /usr/local/bin, modifying the
config.sh to reflect this, then re-making and installing.

I tried to figure out why using "/usr/lib/cpp -P" was a lose
for this.  Never did get a clue.  Anyone?  Anyone??

randall.
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