Date:	Sun, 13 Oct 1996 13:06:33 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	timolmst AT cyberramp DOT net
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: INSTALL/COMPILE : DOS or UNIX?
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On Fri, 11 Oct 1996 timolmst AT cyberramp DOT net wrote:

> I'm rooting through DJGPP V2.0 and wondering. Does this software have
> to be built on a Unix box? All the install files I see appear to be
> unix scripts, with references to a unix "SH" shell. The makefiles are
> this way too. I don't speak either one of these foriegn languages. Am
> I just SOL? 

Every package that was ported to DJGPP has some procedure to build it on
MSDOS using only tools which come with DJGPP or are standard on MSDOS. 
Sometimes you will need a couple of tools (like `mv' or `rm') that are
available elsewhere on the net (the DOS-specific README will tell you
that), but a Unix shell is *never* required. 

The exact way to build every package varies from package to package, 
since each one was ported by a different person.  You should look for a 
DOS-specific README file (like `readme.dos' or `readme.dj') or for a 
DOS-specific batch file (like `config.bat' or `makeall.bat').  The DJGPP 
FAQ list (v2/faq201b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP) tells more 
about this in section 22.1.

> I'm trying to get at some cross-platform developement tools. I see
> references in the BNU/GAS files to support for the Z8000, but it looks
> like there is at least one file missing; ../opcodes/z8k-opc.h. It is
> referenced in a makefile, but it ain;t there after unpacking the zip
> file.

You are looking for a file which isn't required for the DOS build.  
Chances are it was not included in the DJGPP source distribution to make 
the zip file smaller.  Download the original sources from one of the GNU 
ftp sites (the main site is ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/) and look 
there.

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