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From: pdh@netcom.com (P D H)
Subject: I need compile-time preprocessor symbols for 386BSD
Message-ID: <pdhC7EItC.4Iy@netcom.com>
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Date: Sat, 22 May 1993 00:03:11 GMT
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I could not find a similar question asked, so I need to ask it directly.
I need to get a list of, and meanings for, pre-processor symbols used
in the 386BSD platform. So far I have found two symbols used:
__386BSD__
___386BSD___
I would like to know if these are indeed official for the 386BSD system,
and why, if appropriate, there are 2 such symbols. I would also like to
know about any other special symbols that might need to be considered
that apply to the 386BSD platform in some way.
The purpose of these symbols is first to construct a complete list of
what symbols will identify to C programms just what platform their code
is being compiled for. Eventually I hope to construct a portability
guide that describes what different things one needs to do in order to
write code that can smoothly compile and run on as many different
platforms as possible, while taking advantage of system level access
and extended features where possible. In order to accomplish this I
am trying to collect a complete understanding of how the major platforms
are categorized and actually differ.
I am not (yet) a 386BSD user so I will neither be running 386BSD nor
reading this newsgroup by the time you could respond. My email address
is pdh@netcom.com. Documents will show up in netcom.com:/pub/pdh when
I make them available (anonymous ftp).
Thanks.