Re: FVWM: configure: cc -E? Boooh!

From: Nix <nix_at_esperi.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:25:42 +0100

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003, Harald Dunkel spake:
> I would suggest to use "cc -E $CFLAGS" instead of "cc -E" during
> configure. $CFLAGS might contain some -I flags pointing to include
> directories to search for xpm.h or png.h, for example.

You want $(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) (where $(CPP) is often autodetected by
configure as being cc -E).

$(CPPFLAGS) should *not* need to be passed to $(CC); if users need flags
that are passed when preprocessing *and* compiling, they should prepend
$(CPPFLAGS) to $(CFLAGS) themselves.

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 written (in hex) matches Ritchie's birthday (in octal).'
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Received on Sat Jul 05 2003 - 12:33:41 BST