Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/03/01/23:22:33
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John Meyer wrote:
> Also, check out the HOWTO section of http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ . Eli
> and others have great information, but the lscdcxx fix HOWTO is probably
> the best I have ever seen, no offense guys.
I didn't take any offense, but the HOWTO doesn't say anything that isn't
in the latest release of the FAQ. IMHO, the HOWTO is a bit too lengthy
for the average patience of many newbies who are eager to compile their
First C++ Program Ever.
Also, the HOWTO is somewhat outdated. When it was originally written,
the FAQ was long in a need of an update so the HOWTO did fill an
important niche then. But since then, GCC got several new releases,
the error messages changed a bit, djgpp.env includes the RHIDE-related
variables right out of the box, the FAQ has changed its wording (the
section where this problem is discussed changed), and there's a
new version of RHIDE that doesn't have the bug in the first place. The
problems with trailing whitespace in djgpp.env are also gone.
So I'd say nowadays the FAQ is a better place to look for the solution to
this problem, unless someone updates the HOWTO to make it more accurate.
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