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Subject: Re: Notice for Redhat 7.0 users
From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:36:54 +0000 (GMT)

> If you are a Redhat 7.0 user, you may have noticed some very strange
> warnings while compiling Microwindows.  For example:
> 
> Warning:  pasting would not give a valid preprocessing token
> -- or --
> warning:  Nothing can be pasted after this token
>  
> This has to do with an odd change in the Redhat 7.0 compiler (gcc 2.96)
> that mishandles a previously accepted #define statement.

No it isnt mishandling it. Its applying strict ANSI rules to it. 


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