From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: B20 bug reporting
01 Nov 1998 23:08:32 -0500
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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.