Re: /lib/cpp again

[Peter Eisentraut]

Akim Demaille writes:

> Also, (the question might have already been asked, but I confess the
> answer escapes me): why don't we AC_CHECK_TOOL for cpp?  And then fall
> back to /lib/cpp if available.

Because cpp is not a cross tool, it's supposed to be platform independent.
E.g., GCC 3.0 installs

c++
c++filt
cpp
g++
gcc
gccbug
gcov
i586-pc-linux-gnu-c++
i586-pc-linux-gnu-g++
i586-pc-linux-gnu-gcc

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