From:	"Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Can we vote on letting RSXNTDJ rest in peace?
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> Quite. I never had a problem with installing it, though: I just
> followed the very clear instructions in the manual, and it worked.

Those very clear instructions will not get RSXNTDJ 1.3.1 working with
anything newer than GCC 2.7, and the small additions to the RSXNTDJ 1.5 help
files are pratically worthless as they contradict other things in the
manuals.

> The only thing that didn't work for me was building C++ programs,
> which is related to newer gcc versions, and probably quite trivial
> to fix.

No, not really. To fix RSXNTDJ 1.3.1 to work with GCC 2.8+ requires a news
specs file and some other stuff. RSXNTDJ 1.5 works with GCC 2.8+ out of the
box.

> Another potential problem is how RSXNT replaces the standard
> linker with a hacked version that doesn't work so well for building
> DOS programs (it fails to warn you about missing functions, and
> gives errors when used with the -s switch).

RSXNTDJ 1.5 doesn't do this anymore. Have you even used 1.5 before Shawn?

Johan Venter
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surf.to/djgppig

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