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From: schmidt@zola.ics.uci.edu (Doug Schmidt)
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Subject: Re: Bug in installation instructions.
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Date: 11 May 89 02:11:51 GMT
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In article <8905110006.AA18733@june.cs.washington.edu> pardo@JUNE.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:
++ I can immagine a machine-dependent `profile':
++ 
++     stdio.h:#define HAVE_BUFSIZE
++     stdio.h:/* #define SPRINTF_RETURNS_INT */
++ 
++ and a magic comment in the .h file
++ 
++     /*! patch */
++ 
++ and finally a `patchincludes' script that applies the correct
++ (machine-dependent) profile to each .h file at installation.

What we really need is a super-duper config program like the one that
Larry Wall supplies with PERL.  Any body out there know how to use
meta-config?  Anyone want to volunteer to supply this for g++ and
libg++?!

   Doug        
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