Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 10:33:47 +0100
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199911050933.KAA15525@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: sakisp AT lake DOT ie (Sakis Platsas)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: configure and djgpp
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <7vsfr6$coj$1 AT scotty DOT tinet DOT ie> you wrote:
> I assume that direct compilation of autoconf-ed Makefiles is impossible in
> djgpp (correct me if I'm wrong) 

You are, at least in your conclusion that you would need to switch to
Windows, for this to work. Quite a number of current DJGPP's GNU
software packages *are* compiled using the autoconf-generated
makefile. The drawback is that you usually have to patch the
'configure' shell script in various places, and/or start it in a
rather specialized DJGPP Bash session, using flags like 'PATH_EXPAND'
and 'SYSROOT' to make DJGPP Bash behave more Unix-centrically than it
usually would.




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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.