From: Eric Backus <ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
Subject: Re: NDMAKE
To: dj AT ctron DOT com
Date: Mon, 18 May 92 12:39:36 PDT
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.25]
Status: O

> > 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.