Message-ID:	<36D85767.56EA1565@solutions2000.net>
Date:	Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:36:55 -0500
From:	Nehru Juman <shadowcaster AT solutions2000 DOT net>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Problem building c++ programs
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Kagenin wrote:

> Nehru Juman wrote:
> >
> > Hello everybody.  I really appreciate DJGPP as my location (Guyana,
> > South America) and situation has forced me to learn all of my computer
> > programming and finite/discrete math over the internet and also to
> > acquire compilers from this medium (incidentally, does anyone know where
> > I can get reference materials for the Win32 API?).
> >
> > I am currently having some difficulty with building c++ programs using
> > gcc.  Any perfectly working c++ program (built fine with gxx) fails to
> > build with gcc.  I keep getting the message: "Final Closure Error:  Bad
> > File Descriptor (EBADF)".  The problem is not with gcc itself, though,
> > because when I rename gxx to gcc the same problem occurs.  Also, this
> > problem 'usually' only occurs when I use the -o switch with gcc.
> >
> > The reason I want to use gcc to compile c++ programs is that RHIDE can't
> > use gxx and builds with the -o switch and it's a pain doing all the work
> > manually from the c:> prompt.  I guess my final approach will be to
> > modify and recompile RHIDE.
>
> gxx is merely a frontend for 'gcc -lstdcxx' or 'fire up gcc, and tell
> the linker to link with libstdcxx.a in the /lib directory.'
> gcc is merely a frontend for the programs that ACTUALLY do the
> compiling, like cc1.exe, gas.exe, ld.exe, etc...
>
> In your djdir/share/rhide directory, there should be a file called
> rhide_.env.
>
> Change it's name to rhide.env, and add these three lines to the bottom
> exactly with NO trailing Spaces
>
> RHIDE_TYPED_LIBS_DJGPP.cc=stdcxx
> RHIDE_TYPED_LIBS_DJGPP.cpp=stdcxx
> RHIDE_TYPED_LIBS_DJGPP.cxx=stdcxx
>
> Hey, Eli!  The Faq only says to add the first line: Maybe all three
> should be in there.
>
> Kagenin
>
> --
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>
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  Thanks for the advice.  I did as you say and it makes fine except I keep
getting this message:

    Error: foo.exe: final closure failed: Bad File Descriptor (EBADF)

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