WITHOUT_GCC flag disables installation of /usr/bin/cpp too -- is it Ok?

Dimitry Andric dim at FreeBSD.org
Wed Sep 7 17:27:46 UTC 2011


On 2011-09-07 19:20, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
...
>   I think, that /usr/bin/cpp is valuable by itself, as it is handy
> generic preprocessor tool, useful for preparing complex ipfw scripts,
> for example. All others are bundled together, for sure.
>
>   I think, it is good idea to exclude cpp from this list (but not from
> WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN, of course).

The problem is that it ain't easy. :)  Currently, MK_GCC==no simply
disables building everything under /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc, which has
all the gcc subcomponents.  And you cannot just build cpp by itself,
specific gcc support tools need to be built first.


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