Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:35:54 -0700 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Importing tradcpp (traditional (K&R-style) C macro preprocessor) into base? Message-ID: <51B7A64A.5070108@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <20130611221124.GC84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130611221124.GC84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 06/11/13 15:11, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > Hi, > > 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. > > 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). > > 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 > > Any objections against me importing it? 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... Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJRt6ZKAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzrX4IAJj1hg/+Vh8oGuc2vVeuAU0W 6brYFkZFlgIicyC2k6BFuVU6jTyn3KelFyMxVgzk2S/5fI6lHh6YCHB/XRCDEzHg GG1TELsFKOgAUsA1xp/uDIKTJKqR2Wef2J3oaCl2L5FL0z/cySopPMLOcd08MiCA wOgr3qcPAfaxROOQJaZTs6lbUOs1zKB7RrtuCaYUB5fEwJ4uZwyKmkZtqEAK7WGT 8gDA78nfKxOLHE4XOBE1McO3sFrCQQoj+uAKS0tbRt4+qAD8rRq4T8H5BEk+eNqF NSPjFRKFrTXKSTnK4U+MBOcw7DhlOcabAz9Lpl6nD5hOzz2mUk4YG3pH/jY9zhg= =dsBw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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