Message-ID: <3DAF10C1.CB4C9D39@yahoo.com> From: CBFalconer Organization: Ched Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: gcc-3.x and file suffix .r (RATFOR) bug? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 22 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:36:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.90.180.38 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT worldnet DOT att DOT net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1034883402 12.90.180.38 (Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:36:42 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:36:42 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Bob Chapman wrote: > > Starting with the DJGPP ports of gcc-3.x, file names with suffix '.r' > (RATFOR) are no longer processed correctly by g77 -- the suffix is > recognized and the RATFOR translator is invoked but the translated output is > 'dumped' to stdout (rather than being redirected to the compiler input) and > g77 tries to compile an empty file. I have verified that the cygwin and > mingw ports gcc-3.x also exhibit the same behavior but have not yet had time > to install gcc-3.x and check this problem under any other environments. > > Does anyone know if this problem is only associated with the Win9X ports of > gcc-3.x or if it is a generic GCC 3.X problem? So far I have not been able > to find any bug reports or any notice that the feature had been removed. First I ever heard of gcc handling ratfor. I am impressed. I suspect it is not the most prevalent use. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com) (cbfalconer AT worldnet DOT att DOT net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. USE worldnet address!