Subject: gcc chokes on fancy symbol def (redbook)
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. <drk@shore.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/04/1999 10:24:57
Anyone trying to use the code on the CDROM that accompanies "Unix System
Administration Handbook" by Nemeth et al. should be aware that some
makefiles attempt to pass unmatched double-quotes (") as part of a symbol
definition (in CFLAGS). gcc apparently doesn't like this, in spite of the
fact that the quote has been escaped with a backslash.

Dan Killoran

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           the following reminder:

its      means "belonging to it"
it's     means "it is"

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