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From: jpg AT cs DOT waikato DOT ac DOT nz (J P Griffiths)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Simple help for unix guy
Date: 10 Oct 1995 22:02:08 GMT
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Hi Aaron,  certainly a lot of questions here:

Aaron David Rosenzweig (recurve AT exp2 DOT wam DOT umd DOT edu) wrote:
: 	First off, I see that djgcc needs a 386 or greater (PMMU)
: but will the executables that we make with aout2exe need a minimum
: of a 386 or will a 286 do fine?

You need a 386+ to run djgpp compiled programs (and the compiler itself,  
which is built with itself).  The reasons behind this are covered in the faq.

: 	How are \r for source file carriage returns?  I know dos
: is CF and LF, but I do all my C++ work in THINK C++.

Im not sure about this -Why don't you try compiling a program with them and 
find out?  

[advocacy snipped]
 
: 	How bout makefiles?  I saw a make.ini but nothing along the
: lines of make.exe.  Just pulled off a file from the net called     
: "mak369bn.zip" is this it?

A list of the files in the distribution and thier contents is available 
in the directory you got this file from.  I suggest getting hold of it 
and the faq and investing some time reading them.

: Bad command or file name
: Can't open c:/tmp/cc000061.s for readingfile not found.

I think this is in the faq too (although I could be wrong here).

: 	Oh, I looked at the EZ-GCC pages, they mention patches, should I
: consider removing all of djgcc and installing EZ-GCC?

I think ez-gcc was terminated due to the requirement of having to provide 
source,  and limited space.  If you have 120 meg remaining on your HD 
afer however much you have installed allready then I would suggest just 
using the regular distribution.  If you follow the instructions given 
then you shouldn't have too many problems.

: 	I'm enclosing a makefile, does it look alright?

if you had a specific problem with make then It might be worthwhile my 
examining the makefile and making suggestions.  It seems that you are 
keen to install and use djgpp,  but may not have read the appropriate docs.
If you are still having problems with compiling after reading  the info 
files on gcc + make and examining the faq (and perhaps examining the mail 
archives),  then email me and I will try to help.  If you do so,  please 
include which version you are running,  which files you are installing,  
and how far you got into the installation process.

Please don't take offense at the above.  Someone has allready written the 
answers to common questions and problems down to eliminate the time you 
need to spend in non-productivity.  You can support thier efforts by a 
combination of patience,  trial and error,  and reading the documentation 
and faq.

Hope this is of assistance.

Jon.