SCO Unix Blank Compiler Error Messages

[Sean Fagan]

In article <751 at mecky.UUCP> walter at mecky.UUCP (Walter Mecky) writes:
>What about "cc.err"? There is one in /lib but not in /lib/386. Does
>the "cc" command not use it? If I had such a line in /etc/default/cc:
>
>	FLAGS=-M3 # comment
>
>I only get "Command line warning D4002 : " from "cc". No message,
>even if I linked /lib/cc.err in /lib/386. Is this ok, Sean?

Yes.  There's a ... misfeature in the code for /bin/cc:  it opens up
/etc/default/<whatever> before it sets up the error file.  Thus, it has
nothing to look for!  (I'm going to change this, and see if it breaks
anything 8-).  It shouldn't, though.)

cc wants /lib/cc.err, not /lib/386/cc.err, btw.

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