Date:	Mon, 31 May 1999 09:43:08 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	DaveGemini <davegemini AT aol DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Permission to upload cpp.exe?
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On 30 May 1999, DaveGemini wrote:

> I would like permission to upload CPP.EXE to my ftp site:
>    ftp://members.aol.com/DaveGemini/TEST

cpp is GNU software, so this is not the proper place to ask.

In general, GNU software should be uploaded together with its full 
source.

> My C2F translator program needs to pre-process c source file
> at a point where  the include <....> (but not "user.h" ) files have 
> been eliminated from the translation so asking user to pre-process their 
> candidate source.c files using stand-alone CPP will not work..

Why can't you simply invoke cpp.exe from your program?  After all, anyone
who messes with a C source will already have a preprocessor installed,
right? 

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