[comp.windows.x] Messy 'imake' output with HPUX 7.0

garyb@abekrd.UUCP (Gary Bartlett) (06/07/90)

We are  using  the MIT  X11R4  distribution  with  fixes  to  fix-11  on an
HP9000/300 network running HPUX 7.0.

Since upgrading from HPUX 6.5 and  recompiling the X  distribution,  it has
been  noticed  that  the  'imake'  program  now  produces   Makefiles  with
extraneous 'cpp' control sequences, eg:

++++++++++++++++
# Makefile generated by imake - do not edit!
# $XConsortium: imake.c,v 1.51 89/12/12 12:37:30 jim Exp $
#
# The cpp used on this machine replaces all newlines and multiple tabs and
# spaces in a macro expansion with a single space.  Imake tries to compensate
# for this, but is not always successful.
#

###########################################################################
# Makefile generated from "Imake.tmpl" and <Imakefile>
# $XConsortium: Imake.tmpl,v 1.77 89/12/18 17:01:37 jim Exp $
#
# Platform-specific parameters may be set in the appropriate .cf
# configuration files.  Site-wide parameters may be set in the file
# site.def.  Full rebuilds are recommended if any parameters are changed.
#
# If your C preprocessor doesn't define any unique symbols, you'll need
# to set BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS when rebuilding imake (usually when doing
# "make Makefile", "make Makefiles", or "make World").
#
# If you absolutely can't get imake to work, you'll need to set the
# variables at the top of each Makefile as well as the dependencies at the
# bottom (makedepend will do this automatically).
#

# 59

# 66

# 73

# 87

# 94

# 101

# 108

+++++++++++

etc.

These line numbers  correspond to '#endif' lines in the Imake.tmpl,  hp.cf,
Project.tmpl,  etc  files.  This  must be a new  feature  of the  HPUX  7.0
/lib/cpp.  Looking  through  the  imake.c  source  shows  that the only cpp
control  sequences  removed  are  '#line  n  "...'  and '# n  "...',  which
explains why the above sequences are passed on.

Can anyone tell me the safest way to have these lines removed.  Is it OK to
change  the  '# n  "...'  case  to '#  n...'  in  imake.c  or is  this  not
recommended?  Is it too dangerous to call  /lib/cpp with the -P argument to
strip the cpp control sequences?

Advice or fixes gratefully accepted.

Thanks,
Gary Bartlett

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