[patch] bug in cpp's #ident handling in gcc 3.4 [Was: ccache with buildworld]

[Garance A Drosihn]

At 7:10 PM +0300 8/26/04, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>Pointless. Instead of fixing the problem we will remove condition when
>this problem evidences itself. I am not advocating about keeping #ident,
>since it is completely orthogonal question. gcc claims that it supports
>#ident, there are problems in this support - they have to be fixed.
>
>Remember, there are lot of software out of /usr/src over which we have
>no control (e.g. /usr/ports), so that removing #ident will really be
>only half-measure, especially considering that the patch is readily
>available.

I think it makes sense to fix the handling of #ident.  We can also
reduce our own use of #ident, but that is a separate issue from
fixing (what seems to be) an obvious bug in it.

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