From:	"Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
To:	<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Status update (Smalltalk/Python)
Date:	Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:19:31 +0100
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Well, things are looking up.
Smalltalk 1.7.5, AFAICS the last version to use 'regular' memory
management compiles and works fine. 2 of the tests fail, so I'll
be looking into those first.
As an aside, what's preferred in a DJGPP package: an extensionless
script (gst-config), or one with a .sh extension (gst-config.sh)?

As for Python, that seemed to go smoothly as well: configuration
worked (with a few minor tweaks to configure.in); compilation
also needed few patches. I expect it will need some more extensive
tweaking to work properly though, as it assumes DJGPP is a Unixy
environment, which is not entirely correct (though better than
assuming it's Dossy).
I did run into an old friend: missing pw_passwd and pw_gecos
fields in struct passwd, and missing gr_passwd in struct group.
Any particular objections to adding these (even though they have
no real meaning on a DOS system, I suspect their presence might
be required by POSIX)?

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