Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1996/11/05/19:56:49
The following conversation took place because of a user's question on
the newsgroup. My question: doesn't the new 2.01 distribution include
the new stub that Charles posted? I think I know what this guy's
problem is (running with old programs), but I want to make sure.
Thanks!
Derek Owens wrote:
>
> Thanks for your help earlier regarding the OMPT=: error.
>
> You wrote:
> >there are three ways to fix it:
> >
> >1) Set a PATH variable; any PATH variable. This is also necessary so
> >that DJGPP can find all its files; see the comment below.
> >
> >2) Create CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files for your DOS boot. They
> >don't have to contain anything; simply having them there is enough (but
> >see the comment below).
> >
> >3) Install the latest version of DJGPP, v2.01. The quirk in the loader
> >code that caused this DOS bug to manifest has been corrected, so your
> >programs should work properly no matter what.
>
> I'm working on a graphics program to display electric fields.
> I was able to run the program after setting a path statement as you
> said. However, I also downloaded the 2.01 binaries and recompiled
> the program and it still gave the same error. Any ideas? This program
> will be distributed so I need it to work under as many situations as
> possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Derek Owens
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