Date: Sun, 05 Mar 1995 18:39:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Far Pointers
To: lauzon AT cs DOT wisc DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>I'm trying to run some programs that have far pointers
>in them, but they won't compile.  I saw the farptr.h header
>file, but it doesn't seem to help.  Thanks for your response
>in advance!

farptr.h exists to help ports of programs using far pointers, not to make
such porting transparent---GCC is designed for flat-mode programs only, and
can't support far pointers directly.  If you post specific code that doesn't
work right, we can provide more specific advice.

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