From: "Bob Chapman" <rechapman AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: gcc-3.x and file suffix .r (RATFOR) bug?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:02:02 -0500
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"Andris" <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv> wrote in message
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> On Thursday 17 October 2002 22:10, Bob Chapman wrote:
> > Starting with the DJGPP ports of gcc-3.x, file names with suffix '.r'
> > (RATFOR) are no longer processed correctly by g77 -- the suffix is
> > recognized and the RATFOR translator is invoked but the translated
output
> > is 'dumped' to stdout (rather than being redirected to the compiler
input)
> > and g77 tries to compile an empty file.  I have verified that the cygwin
> > and mingw ports gcc-3.x also exhibit the same behavior but have not yet
had
> > time to install gcc-3.x and check this problem under any other
> > environments.
> >
> > Does anyone know if this problem is only associated with the Win9X ports
of
> > gcc-3.x or if it is a generic GCC 3.X problem?  So far I have not been
able
> > to find any bug reports or any notice that the feature had been removed.
>
> I think it's unlikely a problem of DJGPP. One could try to test  for
example
> under Linux. I don't know. Also You could run GCC with option -v and try
> figure out what is wrong.
>
> Andris

I just got Red Hat 8.0 and intend to replicate the test there when I get it
installed.
Thanks for the 'option -v' suggestion -- will also give that a try.