Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:38:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Mungo Henning wrote:

> I find that some parts of the install script tell me to edit
> djgpp.env or use environment variables.

Which install script are you referring to here?  RSXNTDJ should be
installed by following the HOWTO whose URL is in section 3.6 of the
FAQ; as far as I could see, it doesn't tell to edit DJGPP.ENV.

> What I would like to see are words such as "If you don't know
> better, choose the environment file route having set up an
> environment variable in c:\autoexec.bat").

Thanks.  I suggest to send this recommendation to the author of the
RSXNTDJ HOWTO.

> Now, back to that blasted SEGV when my win32 program tries to
> "CreateFile".  Is the bug in djgpp or the rsxntdj thingummy linker
> not involving those two extra libraries...

It's possible.  But it is very hard to tell without seeing the crash
traceback.  Please post it.