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Re: What does "Fixing include files" mean

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From: Duane T. Mun
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 19:48
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"Lenny" == Lenny Glassmann <glassman@fi.gs.com> writes:

Lenny> I'm installing gcc for the first time, and I have a question.  The
Lenny> installation goes through a procedure called "Fixing include files".
Lenny> What is it actually doing during this phase?

Its looking throught the header files on your system.  It makes the
header files _useable_ by gcc.  It does this by making a copy of the
header file, and puts this _corrected_ version in a place that only
gcc will find it.

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