Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:14:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: mason <mason AT mygale DOT org>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: autoconfiguring softawre
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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, mason wrote:

> I 'd like to know how to make (compile and  link) an autoconfiguring package
> (CLN) with djgpp .

I don't know what CLN is, and I'm not sure I understand what do you
mean by ``an autoconfiguring package'', either.

If what you have is a package that comes with a shell script called
`configure', then you need to run that script, and then type "make" to
build the package from sources.

The `configure' script will not run on MS-DOS/MS-Windows without a few
changes, though.  Many source distributions in the v2gnu directory on
SimTel have working examples of how to modify these scripts so that
they run in the DJGPP environment.

You will also have to download Bash, the port of Unix-style shell, and
a few auxiliary packages, to be able to run the script.  One place
where these additional packages are listed is the DJGPP FAQ list,
section 4.5.