RE: /lib/cpp

[Roland Stigge <stigge antcom de>]

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 15:23, Frank Salter wrote:
> If the use of it is questionable, why did the dia-0.94 configuration fail
> because of its not being present?

Autoconf generated the script in question (./configure). The dia
developers are not responsible for this.

> Is it really required?

I guess, not.

Maybe /lib/cpp is used as a last resort, and ./configure couldn't find
cpp elsewhere on your system. I wonder why it actually tried to use it
when it didn't exist.

In a minimal Debian system, dia builds fine without /lib/cpp.

bye,
  Roland