Temporary header file '/tmp/GCQRRk_cfv/dump1.h' with the following content will be compiled to create GCC translation unit dump: // add defines #define __STDC_VERSION__ 201710L #define _GXX_NULLPTR_T #define CLUTTER_ENABLE_COMPOSITOR_API 1 #define _REGEX_NELTS(n) #define _Atomic #define PACKED #define getaddrinfo_a(a,b,c,d) // add includes #include "/usr/include/vnlog/vnlog-base64.h" #include "/usr/include/vnlog/vnlog.h" // add classes _G_fpos64_t* tmp_add_class_0; _G_fpos_t* tmp_add_class_1; _IO_cookie_io_functions_t* tmp_add_class_2; vnlog_context_t* tmp_add_class_3; The GCC parameters: gcc -fdump-lang-raw -fkeep-inline-functions -c -x c++ -fpermissive -w "/tmp/GCQRRk_cfv/dump1.h" In file included from /tmp/GCQRRk_cfv/dump1.h:13: /usr/include/vnlog/vnlog.h:28:4: error: #error Please do not include vnlog.h directly. Instead include the header made by vnl-gen-header 28 | #error Please do not include vnlog.h directly. Instead include the header made by vnl-gen-header | ^~~~~