Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/11/01/07:24:12
On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:
> I understand something that has been "ported to djgpp" to mean that
> the program can be unzipped, installed and run compatibly with
> djgpp. Even a make procedure would still apply PROVIDED THAT A
> MAKEFILE IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.
Ideally, yes.
However, since we live in a non-ideal world, some ports might be less
than ``ideal'', especially if they are lying around for a long time
and nobody has cared enough to get them up-to-date with the latest
versions of compiler/linker/libraries/Windows/whatever.
> Examples: Gnuplot and Calc are deemed to have djgpp "ports". I don't think
> so.
I have never said Calc was ported. I did say I have managed to make
it work for me, and I have sent my patches and instructions to apply
them to several people who asked for them, but I didn't have enough
time to create a DJGPP-compatible package good enough to be uploaded
for general use. A single person can only do this much.
As for Gnuplot, my information indicates that there's a public beta
release of version 3.6 which should support building with DJGPP, at
this URL:
ftp://cmpc1.phys.soton.ac.uk/pub/gnuplot-beta340.tar.gz
> A recommended methodology would be appreciated.
The best methodology (IMHO) would be if everybody who made some
package work for them would make some more effort to package it in
DJGPP-standard way and upload it to SimTel. If you see some
supposedly ported package that needs work to really build with DJGPP,
and contacting the person who did the original port doesn't work, just
go ahead and upload the version that worked after you changed that.
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