Message-Id:	<199709230137.LAA03694@rabble.uow.edu.au>
Subject:	Re: DJGPP 2.01 C++ I/O problem
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:37:44 +1000 (EST)
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP)
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970922143024.12051D-100000@is> from Eli Zaretskii at "Sep 22, 97 02:35:43 pm"
From:	Brett Porter <bporter AT rabble DOT uow DOT edu DOT au>
MIME-Version:	1.0

> 
> > However, this is a bug in GCC I believe (I had the same problem some time
> > back). Random file access does not work in iostreams. I didn't get any
> > answer about fixing it other than getting the source and recompiling GCC.
> 
> The bug is most probably not in GCC, but in the DJGPP port of the GNU C++ 
> class libraries (libgpp).
>

Sorry, I was generalising a bit to much when I said GCC. Yes, it would
probably be a bug in libiostream.a though, wouldn't it?
 
> This and similar problems with I/O in libgpp are reported for a long time
> here.  Somebody should download the sources of libgpp (v2gnu/lgp271s.zip)
> and debug these problems.  And while at that, that volunteer should
> consider porting the latest version 2.7.2 of libgpp to DJGPP.  Too bad we
> have to work with an old version, when the latest one is already more than
> a year old. 
> 

Hey, I'd love too, but I don't have the time of knowledge. Sorry :(

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