From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: GO32-V2 question
Date:	Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:38:24 -0800
Organization:	Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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timolmst AT cyberramp DOT net wrote:
> 
> I just installed DJGPP v2.01 to fix a problem with LD and memory. Now,
> I'm confused about go32-v2. When I try to run it, it complains that it
> can't find the v1 go32. Does it have to have both? If so, why? when I
> installed DJGPP v2.01, I deleted the entire DJPGG directory structure
> before I started, to prevent mixing files from two different releases.

Do you have any old programs compiled with v1?  If so, then go32-v2
needs a copy of the old go32 to run them.  (I think.)  Otherwise... you
DON'T NEED go32-v2 to run your v2 programs like you needed go32 with
v1.x!  Just compile them and a stubbed executable will be produced.  All
this executable needs is a DPMI host like Windows or cwsdpmi, and it's
all set!  The only function go32-v2 has in DJGPP v2 is to report on
available memory, and to act as an interface for v1.x programs to run
v2.x programs (see section 22.12 in the v2 FAQ for more info).

> If I realy do have to have the older go32, which zip file does it live
> in? I can go back to the source and re-download it, but it would help
> to which zip file to download.

It's in djdev112.zip, but as noted above, you don't need it unless you
have v1.x programs hanging around.

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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