Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/06/12/18:35:43
>I feel the distribution package for any software should be complete and
>internally consistent. DJGPP is not so, since it cannot be built in
>stand-alone fashion using only the files in its distribution file set.
>I strongly encourage the individuals who provide this useful software to
>reconsider their decision not to include the appropriate make utility
>in the distribution. At the very minimum, if make is not to be found
>in the djgpp files, then a directory node on omnigate should be created
>to hold make and any other auxiliary utilities required in building djgpp.
>It is absurd that each individual who wants to build parts of the djgpp
>system must independently try to track down one or more make programs in
>order to proceed.
Doesn't this mean that the DJGPP distribution should include Borland C
as well? Hmmm. There might be a problem with that...
I agree, though, that the package ought to include a pointer to a good,
reliable make utility.
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