Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:42:32 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: d@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Importing tradcpp (traditional (K&R-style) C macro preprocessor) into base? Message-ID: <20130611224232.GF84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <51B7A64A.5070108@delphij.net> References: <20130611221124.GC84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51B7A64A.5070108@delphij.net>
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--oFbHfjnMgUMsrGjO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 03:35:54PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 >=20 > On 06/11/13 15:11, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > I have been working in importing tradcpp (developped by David A. > > Holland from NetBSD) into the ports tree, it is a traditional > > (K&R-style) C macro preprocessor BSD licensed. I first worked on it > > so that imake can work properly without gcc. > >=20 > > I discovered that some part of the base system still needs a > > traditional preprocessor, like (calendar), what I propose it to > > import tradcpp into the base system (not the version in port right > > now but what will become version 0.2). > >=20 > > It mostly behave like gcpp, and I'm able to properly use calendar > > along with tradcpp with this small patch: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/tradcpp.diff > >=20 > > Any objections against me importing it? >=20 > Looking at the manual page, it looks like that the only reason is to > support #include's? I think it would be better to just fix it than > importing a new (old) preprocessor... Diane has proposed a patch to go that way: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dbin%2F178463&cat=3D If one wants to review Bapt --oFbHfjnMgUMsrGjO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlG3p9gACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EyU9QCeJTva5tp6S9mEYrYLOuEITHlS 3WAAn3qVXcJfht93h8LyAs78a+PUH/NE =A44m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oFbHfjnMgUMsrGjO--
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