Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/02/21/13:38:38
> I downloaded all the djgpp zip files from omnigate.clarkson.edu
> and unziped them on my machine. I then tried to compile a
> "Hello World" program and I got the error:
> ld.exe: cannot open crt0.o: file not found.
Since when omnigate is treated as an official DJGPP
distribution site? AFAIK, it holds a very old version
You mean, "quite some time ago [about a year] omnigate stopped being
an official DJGPP distribution site."
of DJGPP (and also unpolished beta-releases of newer
AFAIK, there is *no* full release of DJGPP on omnigate at this time;
just some betas and a file which tells you to go to Simtel to get the
current public release. That anything at all worked is an accident of
the fact that several beta components (gcc263, bnu252) came out at the
same time, I think. I tried to check my recollection here, but there
were too many anonymous users at Clarkson, so I am not 100% sure of my
facts. (It might be that v 1.10 or 1.11 is still there, but there is
definitely a prominently labelled file that says "Go directly to
Simtel, do not pass GO32, do not collect $200-alpha." :)
ones), which doesn't make it your favorite download
site, especially for newcomers. Better forget about
what you've got from omnigate and use your nearest
SimTel mirror.
Eli's advice is as correct this time, as always.
--
Stephen Turnbull / Yaseppochi-gumi / <turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp>
http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/ anon FTP: turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
Check out Kansai-WWW, too ------------> http://pclsp2.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
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