Re: [Gnu-arch-users] using `gcc -M' instead of parsing `gcc -E' to produce dependencies in package-framework

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Stig Brautaset <address@hidden>

    > I've long wondered why package-framework parses the output of gcc -E
    > instead of using its -M flag to produce dependancy-files. 

Because it's more portable.

    > Especially since the format of -E varies slightly between
    > versions of gcc. Is (an equivalent of} the -E flag supported by
    > more compilers, perhaps?

They can't change it _that_ much.  Have they introduced a new
pseudo-file-name or something?

-t