From: Christian Axbrink <sa9471 AT ida DOT utb DOT hb DOT se>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: What parts of DJGPP are 'pure' unix ?
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 21:43:10 +0200
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Hello!

I am new to the unix way of distributing programs as source code, and I
have a few amateurish questions, please bear with me...

According to recent postings it is possible to compile a version of
DJGPP with pentium optimisations using patches for Linux GCC from
'Pentium Compiler Group'.
This implies either that at least some parts of the DJGPP package is
*completely*  Unix compatible (I mean, we are not talking about any old
application here, we are talking about the compiler, the most convoluted
and low-level thing on any system, yes?) or unwholesomely smart and
allknowing makefiles.
So I wonder, wich parts are compiled from 'pure' GNU unix source code,
and wich parts are rewritten for DOS ?  

Is it possible to recompile the libraries with pentium opt. ?
Can I download the executable pentium compiler from somewhere ? 
(by that I mean a version that won't tie my computer in a very
complicated knot. The patches is from a beta version I think, so I don't
have to high hopes about this.. :-) )

Greetings
-- 
Christian 'CAX' Axbrink          University of Borås http://www.hb.se
mailto:sa9471 AT ida DOT utb DOT hb DOT se      Dep. of Computer Science