Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/09/17/03:30:42
On 16 Sep 1996 mschulter AT mach1 DOT mpu DOT com wrote:
> Also, the file MAKEFILE.DDJ indicates that it is for "DJGPP 2.6.0";
> unless we're all _several_ revisions behind <grin>, I suspect that
> this means a version with GCC 2.6.0, as opposed to the current DJGPP
> 2. Thus I wonder if this makefile would work with v. 2 even if I could
I would try that Makefile.ddj and see what happens. The reference to
2.6.0 means that the Makefile was created for DJGPP v1.x, but depending
on what gnuchess needs, it might still work unaltered with v2. If it
does not, you will have to pick it up from there and debug it a bit (or
ask here).
> BTW, the documentation says that MAKEFILE.DDJ was updated for pl77; but
> the reference to GCC 2.6.0 makes me curious.
This might mean that the Makefile now supports DJGPP v2 too, and that the
reference to 2.6.0 might be outdated. The only way to be sure is to try.
> Of course, the moral might be that compiling gnuchess requires a more
> experienced djgpp user <grin>. That shows me all the more what an
> achievement Emacs is to "compile out of the box" -- literally.
Emacs is more like an exception than a rule. Most other GNU or
Unix-originated packages don't have automatic build procedures for MSDOS.
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