From:	"Alexei A. Frounze" <dummy_addressee AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: ARRRRGGG!!!! - Problem Solved
Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:04:22 -0500
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"Paul Michailidis" <paulm14 AT home DOT com> wrote in message
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> Anyway, just a general question. What is the point of running "make" in
> the allegro folder? why is it that you have to make allegro. Shouldn't
> it be ready to run once you download it? Also, before you run make,
> there already exists an allegro.h file. Wouldn't that suffice in order
> to successfully include allegro.

It's extra 900KB. And if you want to change something in Allegro (sometimes
this migh be needed) you'll need different 900KB. Also having sources is a
good thing to look at.
I think that's why.

Good Luck
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