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Note 4.10                     Compile-time problems                     10 of 10
VXCERN::TIMBL "Tim Berners-Lee CERN/DD"              18 lines  29-NOV-1989 20:43
                   -< OS-9: cpp aborts without any message >-
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    It is possible for the OS-9 C compiler to stop with error status but
    with no message. The result is something like
    
    	$ make
    	cc x.c
    	cpp:
    	make: aborted due to errors
    	$
    
    This can happen when you are compiling RPC stubs produced by the
    RPC compiler, for instance.  It seems to be that the C preprocessor
    under OS-9 can crash if a line is too long. If this happens when you
    are compiling a stub, I suggest shortening each of the names of your
    procedure parameters in the .rpc file to two characters: this worked for
    me.  (For other bugs in the OS9 C compiler, see the VXCERN::OS9
    conference).
    
    Tim BL


