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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: gcc predefines (was: Re: [386BSD] Ghostscript 2.5.2 patches)
Date: 10 Nov 1992 11:46:58 GMT
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In article <RICH.92Nov9085925@omicron.Rice.edu>, rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey) writes:
> ! #      if defined(_HPUX_SOURCE) || defined(__CONVEX__) || defined(__convex__) || defined(__OSF__) || defined(__386BSD__)

By the way (Bill, do you copy this ?):
the pre-defined __386BSD__ tends to *go away* and is replaced by the
(appearantly also defined) ____386BSD____ if you go gcc -ansi
I doubt very much that this is what was intended.

Greetings,
	Bernard
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