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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:09:29 +0200 (IST)
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Subject: Re: A buffering problem?
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On 12 Dec 2001, Tim Van Holder wrote:

> I would guess this is the same issue that prevented autoconf 2.52 and
> higher to work under DJGPP.  If so, the culprit is perl.c, which closes
> stdprn.

More accurately, it was closing file handle used by stdprn, behind the 
back of the buffered stdio machinery.

Is this bugfix in the 2.03 refresh?  If it is, you could use the new 
djdev203.zip and see if the problem goes away.