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

[Stuart Shelton <srcshelton%gmail.com@localhost>]

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

From: Stuart Shelton <srcshelton%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
 Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 pkgsrc-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 13:44:07 +0000

 >>> Synopsis:       libX11 canoot build on systems with non-GNU  
 >>> 'cpp' (in this case,
 >
 > I had this problem on HP-UX as well. Some modular X.org packages
 > have a workaround for the HP compiler. Does the same work for mipspro?
 >
 > e.g. x11/libX11/Makefile has:
 >
 > .include "../../mk/compiler.mk"
 > .if !empty(PKGSRC_COMPILER:Mhp)
 > CONFIGURE_ENV+=         ac_cv_path_RAWCPP="cc -E -Uunix -"
 > .endif
 >
 
 That looks as if it'd do it...
 
 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?