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From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djlsr201 or djtst201 zipfiles
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 01:51:55 -0500
Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt.
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Jim Marvel wrote:
> 
> The zip-file-picker indicated that the subject
>    files might be compilable libraries and/or
>                                                test-utilities.
> 
> So, from ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/
>      I downloaded djlsr201.zip and
>                              djtst201.zip.....

By themselves these files are utterly useless.  You must have the actual
compiler installed and working to build the sources from scratch, and
even then it's a highly non-trivial task.  Try going back to the
Zip-Picker and telling it you want to compile programs.  :-)

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