Re: pkg/39879: libX11 canoot build on systems with non-GNU 'cpp' (in this case, IRIX)

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/39879; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: Stuart Shelton <srcshelton%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/39879: libX11 canoot build on systems with non-GNU 'cpp'
 (in this case, IRIX)
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:59:34 +0100

 > Presumably this affects the tests run by configure only, so that  
 > system headers which may include code on the basis of 'unix' being  
 > defined aren't affected?
 > 
 
 As far as I know, they only use the C preprocessor directly
 for postprocessing of manpages. This abuse has been replaced
 with an awk script in many, but not all, modular X.org components.
 
 -Tobias