Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1999/09/12/16:50:53
-: > I just realise there is a GNU which package should not be to hard(sic)
-: > to get it to work on DJGPP.
-:
-: I looked at the package some time ago. The porting shouldn't be hard,
-: but isn't trivial, either. The usual nuisance with DOS drive-letter
-: brain-damage in file names, and the colon/semi-colon problem in PATH are
-: the gotchas. But there were others, I forget the details.
Didn't someone (Eli, maybe?) some time ago send out a longish email
with general guidelines for undertaking a port of a GNU package to
DJGPP? If so, this would make a good HowTo---maybe I can help get it
into shape by attempting a simple port.
TIA---jtw
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