Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 1997 13:12:52 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Gary Shingles <nojunk AT clear DOT net DOT nz>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Newbie Q: DOS Lib3D make problem(s)
In-Reply-To:	<5idqru$cgh@news.nznet.gen.nz>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970409131228.3639E-100000@is>
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On 8 Apr 1997, Gary Shingles wrote:

> Another possible cause is the Makefile being in Unix text file format in the
> .tar.gz archive.  That can cause considerable problems with MS-DOS make
> utilities.

This is incorrect, at least as far as DJGPP's Make is considered: it
can handle Unix- and DOS-style text files alike.  In fact, any program
written in C will treat both styles the same, unless it insists on
reading Makefiles in binary mode.

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