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From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: The Future of DJGPP
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On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 22:36:44 +0100, Richard Dawe
<rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>Damian Yerrick wrote:
>> 
>> Richard Dawe wrote:
>> 
>> >As you say, it giveth with one hand (LFN) and taketh with the other
>> >(nested exec). Maybe this problem will be cracked one day?
>> 
>> It'll be cracked for purposes of running make -> gcc -> cpp as soon
>> as someone builds a Cygwin or MinGW hosted cross-DJGPP.
>
>Perhaps it would be beneficial to make DJGPP interoperate with these
>programs better for the future?

If nobody builds a Cygwin hosted DJGPP (like the Linux hosted DJGPP),
we'll have to figure out how to use Cygwin make to call gcc using,
say, a response file to pass >126 character command lines.

>Hmmm, 65535 - does their database use 16-bits for the bug numbers?

That was a common joke when the 60-odd-thousand figure was released.
And yes, their bug database just might be Win31-based or DOS16-based.
If only they'd switch to bugzilla...

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