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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 06:17:52 -0800
From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com
Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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To: Casey Corcoran <ckcorcor AT p5 DOT csrd DOT uiuc DOT edu>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Alessandro Rizzoli <rizzoli AT students DOT uiuc DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Building djgpp on NT machine (was Nmake for WinNT 3.5 utilities)
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Casey Corcoran wrote:
> 
> Which is the same result I had before . . . maybe it's something to do
> with the way NT handles DOS windows?

As others have said, if you are trying to build gcc in an NT-native
format, then you cannot use the DJGPP distribution.  It is preconfigured
for MS-DOS compilation only.  It will run under NT, of course, but not
as a native app.

> Anyway, a few of the other responses I got said that cygnus had an NT
> compatible set of sources, etc.  I tried their distribution once already,
> with similar results as trying to compile djgpp, but I guess I'll give
> them another shot.
> 
> In the end, I guess we can always cross compile from linux . . . But we

I can understand that.  You may want to look into the RSXNT project,
which is an attempt to create a Win32 frontend for DJGPP.  It was on
hold for a long while, but recently we've heard word that someone has
picked up the maintenance and is planning to release a new version soon.

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John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com>                      

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