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Date:	Wed, 02 Jan 2002 18:18:59 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Unresolved externals.
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> From: HARY <Hary AT address DOT is DOT invalid>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:29:27 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> Now I can link this program with: 'Dlstat=stat -Dsetegid=setgid
> --Dseteuid=setuid' options.
> 
> But I've never before tried to port UNIX program to DOS. Is it
> preferred method or should I do it in another way?

The preferred method is to make the program itself automatically
portable.  For example, the `lstat' vs `stat' issue is fixed like
this:

  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #ifndef S_ISLNK
  # define lstat(f,s) stat(f,s)
  #endif

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