From: Steve Holmes <saholmes AT crl DOT com>
Subject: Compiling GNU's tar-1.11.2 with djgpp
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 09:30:30 -0700 (PDT)

Hey, I'm trying to compile tar originally taken from the gnu ftp site
called tar-1.11.2.tar.gz.  I took the generic makefile and changed the
variables so it could conform to my msdos setup on my pc.  When I run
make and start the compiler, I seem to get a lot of conflicting
typedefs particularly in port.c and port.h (both a part of the tar
package).  There are a number of DEFS that can be defined in the
makefile and I'm not sure which of those I should be using either.
Too bad the generic gnu configure script don't work for DOS.

This did come with a makefile for Borland/Turbo C but when I compiled
with that, I got a bunch of undefined symbol errors in the getdate
module.  I think I had a problem there with the getdate.y used in
conjunction with getdate.c.  I think it uses some kind of yacc or
bison procedure - I no absolutely nothing about that part of it!

Sorry for the rambling, but I'm trying to get a good version of tar to
run on my pc and I would like to be able to compile it with either
djgpp or BC.  Thanks for the help.
<Steve> Holmes
Tempe, AZ
saholmes AT crl DOT com