From: "David Christensen" <dchristensen AT california DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: djgpp, Win98, Perl, and serial port
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:15:54 -0700
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bbirthisel AT aol DOT com <Bbirthisel AT aol DOT com>
To: dchristensen AT california DOT com <dchristensen AT california DOT com>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: djgpp, Win98, Perl, and serial port


Hi David:

In a message dated 8/18/99 5:34:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
dchristensen AT california DOT com writes:

> OK I downloaded and built Device_SerialPort-0_06 using DJGPP.  I

Very little actual building. Mostly "mkdir" and "copy" ;-)

>  hacked my way up to 'make test', and watched it fail miserably!

Just for grins, did it actually get beyond "use POSIX.pm;"? If so,
I'd
like to know what error was reported.

>  Not much of a surprise, since the guy who wrote the readme (Bill
>  Birthisel) said five days ago "Since someone asked, there is not
>  currently an equivalent for MS-DOS (and none is anticipated)."
>
>  Stop laughing Bill!  ;-)

After the day I've had, I deserve a good giggle!

-bill




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