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From: hankedr AT dms DOT auburn DOT edu (Darrel Hankerson)
Subject: Re: MSDOS port of gnu make ?
In-Reply-To: rjvdboon@cs.vu.nl's message of Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:03:23 GMT
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In article <DnHLLn DOT Ju5 DOT 0 DOT -s AT cs DOT vu DOT nl> rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Boon van der RJ) writes:

   )...I was looking for gnu make ported to MS-DOS

   Simtel/vendors/djgpp/v2gnu/mak373b.zip, only works with DPMI installed,
   for instance: Simtel/vendors/djgpp/v2misc/csdpmi1b.zip

   OR: Simtel/vendors/djgpp/v1gnu/mak371bn.zip & mak371dc.zip
   needs go32 to work.

It seems that DOS is a difficult platform for make.  The versions of
GNU make listed above work very well; however, they use batch files in
intermediate steps, and this breaks many unix-style makefile
constructs.

I haven't found the "perfect make for DOS", but dmake-3.8 has been
widely used under OS/2 and DOS in porting unix-like software. dmake,
along with two different versions of 16bit GNU make appear as part of
the GNUish Project (16bit ports to OS/2 and DOS).  wuarchive.wustl.edu
is in the process of restoring from tape; when complete, the programs
should appear in systems/msdos/gnuish.

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--Darrel Hankerson hankedr AT mail DOT auburn DOT edu