configure: error: /usr/bin/cpp does not preserve whitespace

[AN]

On Sat, 8 Dec 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:

> On 8 December 2012 23:29, AN <andy at neu.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Dec 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:
>>
>>> On 8 December 2012 22:10, AN <andy at neu.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Eitan:
>>>>
>>>> So, is ssvnc broken on current?  Should I file a PR?  I have had this
>>>> port
>>>> working previously.
>>>
>>>
>>> ssvnc was always broken, the switch from gcc to clang exposed the bug.
>>> File a PR, it should be worked around shortly.
>>
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174289
>
> ok, quick read through the original post again:
>
>
> checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -traditional... configure: error:
> /usr/bin/cpp does not preserve whitespace with or without
> -traditional.  I don't know what to do.
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
> Please report the problem to x11 at FreeBSD.org [maintainer] and attach the
> "/usr/ports/devel/imake/work/imake-1.0.4/config.log" including the output of
> the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good idea to provide
> an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. a
> /usr/local/sbin/pkg info -g -Ea).
> *** [do-configure] Error code 1
>
>
> the actual problem is imake, not ssvnc:   I'll let Niclas comment more on this.
>
> -- 
> Eitan Adler
>

Correct, I noted that here:

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Trying to install SSVNC, it is failing to build imake.