Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:32:47 +0200
From: Alexander Bokovoy <bokovoy AT bspu DOT unibel DOT by>
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To: Nick Kondr <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Compiling Bin utils
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Nick wrote:

> Hi guys.
> Can anybody tell me how can I compile binutils under NT4.0 ( SP3 ).
> I'm needing in 'as' and 'ar' with elf support. I downloaded binutils
> sources and some shell utils( bash, textutils, etc. ). I don't understand
> why but for example 'ls' command didn't print directory list with large
> filenames even if I set variable LFN to 'y'. I have gcc 2.81 working fine,
It is known problem. NT has poor support for DOS-based programs. More
precisely, LFNs don't supported for MS DOS applications at all., so
you can't compile any sources which are named using long file names.
> but I can't compile %subj%. When I do 'make' this utility fails with error
> code 2 ( Does anybody know what is it ? ). Or just tell me where can I
> find binutils version 2.81 with ELF and COFF-GO32 targets.
/v2gnu/bnu281b.zip on any Simtel.Net mirror in DJGPP directory

Best regards,
Alexander Bokovoy, <bokovoy AT bspu DOT unibel DOT by>
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