Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/05/11/07:15:25
... I took the advice as per #3. That seems to have fixed the problem with
streambuf.h. Now when it compiles it tells me
error : c:\djgpp\bin\ld.exe: cannot open -lstdcx: no such file or directory
(ENOENT)
What's this mean?? Now what's the problem??
thanks for all of your lhelp... It is GREATLY appreciated
BTW Is there some kind of help file for compile errors... something that
can tell me what is wrong when I get an error liek this??
John M. Aldrich wrote in message <35564F35 DOT 2BAC AT cs DOT com>...
>IBM News wrote:
>>
>> Yes... I read the FAQ
>>
>> I just don't understand what it says...
>
>Which specific part don't you understand? If we are to explain it to
>you (or fix it), we need to know at least that. If the terminology is
>unfamiliar, try the DJGPP Lexicon
>(http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/lexicon/). If it's that you don't
>understand how to use DOS, find somebody who can teach you.
>
>> When i run a program (test1.cpp) with # include <iostream.h>
>> I get the error : streambuf.h : no such file or directory
>>
>> ITs there.... I figure its got something to do with LFN 's....
>>
>> what can I do??
>>
>> The FAQ tells me to go renaming all my files (that part alone I don't
>> understand) and editing my registry.... that seems a little complicated.
Is
>> this the way all of you runnign win 95 and djgpp got around this??
>> Shouldn't there be an easier way?!?!
>
>The problem is that Windows 95, by default, handles conversion of long
>filenames to short filenames in a completely brain-dead way. When you
>unzip 'streambuf.h', the short filename is called 'stream~1.h' instead
>of 'streambu.h'. Therefore, if you don't tell DJGPP programs to use
>long filenames, or try to run DJGPP from plain DOS (instead of from a
>DOS shell), they will be unable to find the file.
>
>You have four choices to solve this problem:
>
>1) Re-unzip all the DJGPP packages with an unzip utility (like pkunzip
>2.04g) that does not use long filenames. This will make your
>installation 8+3 clean, but will prevent you from ever using long
>filenames.
>2) Copy or rename the troublesome files. You can type "copy streambuf.h
>streambu.h" to get two copies of the same file, one SFN-clean and the
>other LFN-clean, or you can "rename streambuf.h streambuf.h", which in
>another wonderful example of Windows 95's stupidity, causes a correct
>short filename to be generated.
>3) "SET LFN=Y" in your environment. Either add that line to your
>'autoexec.bat' or edit the line "+LFN=n" in 'djgpp.env' to read
>"+LFN=y". You will still not be able to run from plain DOS if you do
>this.
>4) Alter Windows 95's insane default behavior by setting NameNumericTail
>= 0 in your registry, then reunzip the files.
>
>The last choice takes the most work, but it's the best because it solves
>the problem once and for all. The third choice is the quickest and
>easiest, but it prevents you from using plain DOS. The second is both a
>pain and dangerous from a standpoint of portability, since you'll have
>to do it again each time a new C++ library comes out. The first is
>something I do not recommend, because it completely removes any
>possibility of using long filenames in your DJGPP programs.
>
>Yes, this is all complex, but it's not DJGPP's fault. Blame Microsoft
>for paying so little attention to the needs of DOS users.
>
>P.S.: Your email address is invalid. It's customary to send copies of
>all replies via direct email, because not all users read the newsgroup
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>please say so in your posts.
>
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