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From: wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: bash-1.04 and cc(1)
Keywords: bash cc error
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Date: 10 Jan 90 01:46:30 GMT
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In article <6078@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> bt455s10@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Carl "Art" McIntosh) writes:
> cc(1) emits the following error when I attempt making bash 1.04

> builtins.c:  290: token too long
> builtins.c:  341: token too long

> What possible compiler toggles can I use to make the cc(1) token table
> (or whatever) large enough to hold these strings ?

You can't.  It does compile on a Tower32/700 (Rel 1.00).

> [...]
> anyone know how to solve a "token too long" error ?

You could use the the gnu version of cpp if you have it.
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