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Subject: Re: cpp change breaks ipfw
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I agree 100%.  I'm going to change ipfw so that the syntax for the preprocessor
becomes:

ipfw [-q] [-p preprocessor [preprocessor_arguments]] file

This will allow for a passing -traditional to cpp and a wider array of
preprocessor in general.  It does allow one to make mistakes more easily, but is
a general solution to the problem.

I'll post the changes when I am done.

Jim Bloom
bloom@acm.org

Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 
> I don't think that documenting another program's changed behaviour is the
> right thing to do.  Maybe David can shed some light on this?
>


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