From: nakata@ccm.cl.nec.co.jp (Toshiyuki Nakata)
Subject: Re: imake won't work without /lib/cpp -> a simple shell script
20 Oct 1997 20:31:09 -0700
Message-ID: <199710202327.IAA11289.cygnus.gnu-win32@csls3.csl.cl.nec.co.jp>
References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971020161701.228A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
Reply-To: Toshiyuki Nakata <nakata@ccm.cl.nec.co.jp>
To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com

 Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> wrote:

; 
; On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, [iso-2022-jp] $BCfED(B $BEP;VG7(B wrote:
; 
; > 1) I tried to compile X11 libraries using xmkmf and imake.(Using Segey's
; > patch).
; > 2)Imake complains with "cannot execute /lib/cpp"
; 
; This is a shortcomming of Imake.  Not gnu-win32.  I don't really know of
; any [i386] systems with a /lib dir.

I agree.  

I was not complaining about gnu-win32. I was just trying to point out
that by making a /lib/cpp shell script with

#!/bin/sh
gcc -E #*

had made my porting much easier. (similar to having /bin/sh  or
/etc/termcap..)

Cheers
Toshiyuki

 
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