From 168fc7f2a7d260f3e871f58ab4b921a4df7a8b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:26:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention possible problems with new versions of GNU cpp and "..". --- etc/PROBLEMS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index b2fa8dd29c1..b24a6c75504 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ This file describes various problems that have been encountered in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. +* Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory. + +This may happen if you use a development version of GNU `cpp' from one +of the GCC snapshots around Oct 2000 and later, or from a released +version of GCC newer than 2.95.2. The preprocessor in those versions +expands ".." into ". .", which breaks relative file names that +reference the parent directory. + +The solution is to make sure the preprocessor is run with the +`-traditional' option. (The `configure' script should do that +automatically with Emacs 21 and later.) + * When using Xaw3d scroll bars without arrows, the very first mouse click in a scroll bar might be ignored by the scroll bar widget. This is probably a bug in Xaw3d; when Xaw3d is compiled with arrows, the -- 2.39.2