[Info-vax] C compiler snag

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-19, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I doubt the compilers are at fault.  At somepoint, we give that filespec to the CRTL's open/fopen.
>
> Relative filespecs are controlled by various DECC$ feature logicals <insert ugly comment here>.
> DECC$POSIX_COMPLIANT_PATHNAMES might help but setting that the DCL prompt before the
> compilation might be too big of a hammer as some code <insert 2nd ugly comment here>.
>
> I have the same issue with some of the files in LLVM that use relative filespecs.    

That just means you don't have enough logicals to control behaviour, John.

You just need a few more logicals for extra configuration options. :-)

Simon.

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