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Replace GCC with a simpler preprocessor for including nested XML snippets in XML documents
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GCC preprocessor occasionally mangles XML templates (see T3639). We'd be better off not depending on GCC for anything outside building C programs.

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Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Stricter validation

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erkin changed the task status from Open to In progress.Jun 22 2021, 4:05 PM
erkin triaged this task as Low priority.
erkin created this task.
erkin added a subtask: T3639: GCC preprocessor clobbers C comments.
jack9603301 added a subscriber: jack9603301.Jun 22 2021, 4:31 PM
erkin closed this task as Resolved.Jun 23 2021, 8:32 AM
erkin added a subtask: T2750: Use m4 as a template processor.Aug 29 2021, 1:38 PM
erkin closed subtask T2750: Use m4 as a template processor as Resolved.
erkin added a subtask: T4238: Support for overriding XML properties in the template preprocessor.Feb 11 2022, 1:22 PM
erkin reopened this task as On hold.Mar 16 2022, 6:56 PM

Note: Equuleus still uses the C preprocessor. // substrings (otherwise interpreted as comments) were escaped as \/\/ in op-mode-definitions/generate-public-key-command.xml.in in Equuleus and should be converted back eventually.