Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 08:23:46 -0400
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: hodder AT geop DOT ubc DOT ca
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Error message when compiling Gnuplot 3.4 - what is it?

> 	I am trying to compile gnuplot 3.4 using djgpp 1.09 and have run into
> 	the following error:

> 	term.c: 305: Bad format encountered when including precompiled file

>  	(not an exact copy of the message but close enough!). The line in
> 	question is just " #include "term/dumb.trm" ". I've checked the  file
> 	and it seems OK. Could someone tell me what this means - and how to
> 	fix it!

This means you're not using the file lib/specs that was shipped with
1.09.  Any include file with a three character extension will fail
this way without the -noprecomp switch for cpp (specified in
lib/specs).  As of gcc 2.4.5 it's disabled inside cpp instead.

Try running with "-v" and make sure you get the -noprecomp switch on
cpp.