Mail Archives: djgpp/1992/05/18/16:06:40
> > p.s. If go32 could handle the environment variables directly, we
> > wouldn't have to use the "rungcc" program, which would be nice.
>
> Well then, CHANGE IT. Why do you think I provide sources? You spent
> all that time writing a custom program to read the environment
> variables when you could have spent that same time adding the
> functionality directly to go32.
>
> Being able to modify the programs is one of the prime reasons for the
> GNU project. As long as you have the sources, you're not allowed to
> complain that you can't change the software, because you CAN.
>
> DJ
I agree, and I would have changed go32 myself if I owned a copy of
Turbo C++. However, the only compiler I own is your port of gcc.
Until that changes, I can't change go32 and I have to find other ways
to solve my problems.
If someone else wants to modify go32, I can make my sources to
"rungcc" available. It's a fairly trivial program.
However, after thinking about it, it's not clear to me that the best
long-term solution is to change go32. It might make more sense to
port Gnu make to DJGPP, and make it use response files. I might work
on that if I get the time, but I suspect that this would be a fair
amount of work.
--
Eric Backus
ericb%hplsla AT hplabs DOT hp DOT com
(206) 335-2495
p.s. I REALLY DO appreciate all the work you've done, DJ. DOS
would be a lot less palatable without gnu emacs and gcc.
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