From: DJ Delorie Subject: Re: B20 bug reporting 01 Nov 1998 23:08:32 -0500 Message-ID: <363D3040.167E@delorie.com> References: <19981031162734.31230@cygnus.com> <363e78bc.4944062.cygnus.gnu-win32@janus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) Theodore Jump wrote: > Question: cygckeck -s reports that it can't find either cpp or gdb on my system > (B20 of course), however I can compile cpp code with either "c++" or "g++" so I > must assume that it *can*. > > Just wanted to report this oddity. Odd if you don't know why I added a check for that. "cpp" is a common name that competing products may use for *their* pre-processor. I check for it to make sure that it is *not* there, so that we can be sure that gcc is using its own cpp, which is normally *not* on the PATH. DJGPP users encounter this problem occasionally with Borland C installed. "cpp" is the C Pre-Processor, which has little specifically to do with the C++ language; it is used for C and C++ programs, some ASM files, and other purposes as well.