xfdesktop not compiling on BSD

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On 12 Feb 2003 09:07:26 -0600
edscott wilson garcia <edscott at imp.mx> wrote:

> Jasper, Biju:
> 
> xfdesktop compilation (gcc 2.95.4) fails:
> 
> In file included from main.h:38,
>                  from backdrop.c:24:
> debug.h:25: syntax error
> *** Error code 1
> 
> The line of code is:
> 
> # if defined __cplusplus ? __GNUC_PREREQ (2, 6) : __GNUC_PREREQ (2, 4)
> 
> That's a first for me. Never seen the use of "? :" in a compiler
> directive. But that's not what causes the compilation to stop. It's
> the __GNUC_PREREQ () which apparently does not work. Maybe it would
> work to make configure script require gcc >= 2.6 and change the
> directive to 
> 
> # if defined __cplusplus ? 1: 0
> 
> (Who uses gcc < 2.90 anyway?)
> 

Botsie, you added that code, didn't you? At least, I can't remember
doing it myself :)

I don't really see the added value in showing the function name. You
already get the line number, isn't that sufficient? I'd vote for just
removing it entirely.

	Jasper

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