Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 14:33:05 +0200
From: ag AT MuwiInfa DOT Geschichte DOT Uni-Mainz DOT DE (Albert Graef)
Subject: Re: What make to use to re-make gcc libraries ?
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 
> 	I have been attempting to re-make the gcc libraries on
> my system but seem to have come up against a road block. The earlier
> version of djgcc I had used Makefiles that were compatible with
> ndmake, and everything worked fine. The latest version (1.09)
> seems to use Makefiles set up for gnu make. The problem is,
> where can I get a working version of gnu make that will run
> under MSDOS ? I don't have MSC V6 or a version of make to
> make the gnuish make from scratch (catch 22 here anyway), and
> the binary version that comes in the file mak358ax.zip that
> is widely available, crashes without doing anything on my machine
> (a 486 PC clone).  What is the story ?
> 
> 	Graeme Gill
> 	graeme AT labtam DOT oz DOT au
> 

I've made the same experiences with mak358ax.zip; therefore I'm using
DMAKE 3.8 (also available from simtel20; see <MSDOS.c>). Given a proper
startup file, DMAKE can process most makefiles written for UNIX systems,
and it offers a lot of UNIX features which NDMAKE does not have.
Of course, it would be desirable to have a working port of GNU make for
DJGPP; did anybody tell Thorsten Ohl about the problems with mak358ax.zip
already (I vaguely remember that it was his work)? If nothing else, I could
try to rebuild Thorsten's port with DJGPP, but I wouldn't like to waste
time with something which has been done already. Any suggestions?

Albert