Date:	Wed, 21 Jun 1995 16:15:08 -0400
From:	kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
To:	ashley AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: I can't even get it installed!(NOT FUNNY damn it!)
Reply-To:	kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

   From: ashley AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu (Allen M. Ashley)
   Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
   Date: 21 Jun 1995 11:29:49 GMT
   Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

   I have tried to respond to another post and my mail bounced. I would

Some of the subscribers may not be reachable and the mailing list handler
simply explodes your message like an alias, so unreachable names will bounce
back to you.  Chances are your posting got through.

   like to ask here why it should take 45 minutes to install a compiler?
   Why should it take 3000 files or 500 files? I think a distribution
   package should include:

   1. cc.exe
   2. library module
   3. stdio.h and a few other header files
   4. env.bat to set up the environment
   5. some doc files and examples
   6. GO32


   Let the developer's package include source and make capability. I
   don't care to twiddle with the compiler.

It already works that way.  You do not need to install ANY of the *sr or *src 
files.  Just install the *bn or *bin files and the *dc and *doc files.  Please
read the FAQ before you flame.

-- 
Art S. Kagel, kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

Variety is the soul of pleasure.  --  Aphra Behn

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