https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c1 --- Comment #1 from Mike Fabian 2007-07-10 06:02:14 MST --- The bug can be reproduce like this: mfabian@magellan:~$ echo "! this is a comment" | xrdb -merge mfabian@magellan:~$ OK, but if there is a ' with in the comment, it doesn't work anymore: mfabian@magellan:~$ echo "! this is a comment, isn't it" | xrdb -merge <stdin>:1: error: Unterminated character constant 't it, skipped the line ! this is a comment, isn't it 1 error in preprocessor. mfabian@magellan:~$ It used to work for years, therefore I think this is a bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c2 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dmueller@novell.com --- Comment #2 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-07-10 06:57:51 MST --- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Jun 18 15:34:06 CEST 2007 - dmueller@suse.de - xrdb: cpp -> mcpp (2300kb -> 51kb) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c4 Stephan Kulow changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #4 from Stephan Kulow 2007-07-10 07:45:24 MST --- not fixed. gcc41 behaves differently than gcc42 and gcc42 is the same as mcpp. So switching to gcc42 does not help -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|X.Org |Other -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c7 Stephan Kulow changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|matz@novell.com |sndirsch@novell.com --- Comment #7 from Stephan Kulow 2007-07-10 08:04:33 MST --- --with-cpp='/usr/bin/mcpp -a -W0' might be enough - mbuild e120-coolo-4 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c9 --- Comment #9 from Stephan Kulow 2007-07-10 09:50:33 MST --- ok, the mbuild was a failed attempt ;( So I'd put a xrdb_cpp wrapper script in the xrdb rpm that then can figure if cpp is installed and take that one or not. But I can't master the zen of xorg-x11.spec. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c11 --- Comment #11 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-07-10 10:19:43 MST --- Adding "-a -W0" to mcpp does not help at all. cpp does not know about option "-W0" (cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-W0"). "cpp -a" seems to work. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c13 --- Comment #13 from Stephan Kulow 2007-07-11 01:29:01 MST --- what has mcpp's -W0 to do with cpp? Nada! Please Stefan, don't be so bullish. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c15 --- Comment #15 from Stephan Kulow 2007-07-11 04:07:37 MST --- Misunderstanding. He was talking about mcpp. anyway, I submited a new xorg-x11 that has mcpp as default again -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c17 --- Comment #17 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-07-11 04:18:26 MST --- (In reply to comment #15 from Stephan Kulow)

Misunderstanding. He was talking about mcpp. anyway, I submited a new xorg-x11 that has mcpp as default again Ok. So you broke it again. Verify with

xrdb -merge /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XDvi Thanks a lot! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c19 Dirk Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #19 from Dirk Mueller 2007-07-11 08:35:50 MST --- still seems to be not working -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c20 --- Comment #20 from Dr. Werner Fink 2007-07-11 08:48:37 MST --- Beside the problem of not ignoreing comments, mcpp sould accept all printable characters after the colon ... regardless of any locale. > echo "XV*string: \`\`Hello''" | xrdb -n -cpp 'mcpp -a -W0 -e C' <stdin>:1: error: Empty character constant '', skipped the line XV*string: ``Hello'' 1 error in preprocessor. > echo "XV*string: \`\`Hello''" | xrdb -n -cpp cpp XV*string: ``Hello'' -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c21 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sndirsch@novell.com AssignedTo|dmueller@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW Component|X.Org |Other QAContact|xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com |qa@suse.de Summary|single quotes (') don't work in comments in |mcpp: single quotes (') unsupported in comments |.Xresources any more |of Xresource files --- Comment #21 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-10-06 11:09:31 MST --- Wrong component. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656 User dmueller@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290656#c22 Dirk Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #22 from Dirk Mueller 2008-04-03 06:23:39 MST --- this has been reverted, mcpp dropped. reviving the cpp only part in gcc is a somewhat longer todo. closing this bugreport for now. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.