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scowen@wfpc3.la.asu.edu (Paul A. Scowen) writes:

>As a postscript to the last message, I have now built the server using cc
>instead of gcc and although the server runs ok, there are still broken
>facets to the environment - like the expansion icon in the upper right of
>twm windows being missing, and twm menu commands (shell escapes) failing.

>My recommendation to all people out there attempting this is DON'T USE GCC
>vers 2.2.2 TO BUILD X!!!  It does not appear to have what it takes.

Wait a minute . . .

If the gcc version you build is broken, and the cc version is broken,
then there are fundamental errors somewhere which are independant of
the compilers.  *Something* is configured wrong: the way you build X,
your system, your C library, but *something*.  There are too damned
many existence proofs showing it works.
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