Re: config.h

[Roland Illig]

On 18.02.2021 04:12, Jeremy Cartwright wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I've just written the hello program at the end of the C manual and the
> inclusion of the header file config has me perplexed. I suppose I should
> download the source code and get it from a tarball, which I've just done
> and now gcc wants the gettext.h file.

Hi Jeremy,

I'm a bit unsure about what you mean by "the hello program" and "the C
manual", as there is the typical "hello world" program, which is:

    #include <stdio.h>

    int
    main(void)
    {
        printf("hello, world\n");
    }

This program does not need any config.h, so that's probably now what you
meant.

Also, there is no single document that is called "the C manual", at
least I'm assuming you don't mean the old documents from the 1970s and
1980s available from http://cm.bell-labs.co/who/dmr/.

> so I've installed from the tarball.

What do you mean by "the tarball"?  There are more than a billion .tar
files in the world, so please be more specific by giving the exact URL
where "the tarball" can be downloaded.

> Not sure the point of this message
> other than maybe letting the people writing the C manual know that as
> displayed in their very fine work, it will not compile.

Please also tell us where you got "the C manual" from, preferably using
a URL as well.

Roland