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From: elric AT wheel DOT ucdavis DOT edu (Jeffrey Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Is this in FAQ?
Date: 1 May 1996 17:13:13 GMT
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: Stewart McDonald <smcdonal AT pcug DOT org DOT au> wrote:
: >Is it in the faq to make sure that c:\djgpp\bin or whatever is first in 
: >the path? If not, it should be, because the Borland Products (BC,TP) 
: >cause gcc to fail compilation if they are before it in the path. If bc is 
: >first, the wrong cpp.exe file gets called, and if tp is before it, the 
: >linker cannot find crt0.o. This I discovered only by accident (insane 
: >experimentation actually), and should be in the faq to save others the 
: >same trouble.
: >
: >Cia0, Joker/JAM Australia
: >

I use batch and script files to switch compilers.  Having two in the PATH 
at the same time invites trouble.  I have a DOS_PATH environment variable 
with the usual directories: c:\dos;c:\emacs\bin;...  The batch file 
appends and prepends the appropriate directories and sets other 
environment variables, e.g., INCLUDE, LIBS, etc.  I use Thompson Toolkit, 
a DOS shell, so I can get a little fancier than this, but even using 
COMMAND.COM and batch files, this works.  I switch between Microsoft, 
Borland, Watcom, and GNU this way.

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