Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 08:11:10 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Mr Keith <keith AT a1 DOT 46tg DOT af DOT mil>
Cc: "'djgpp users'" <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Subject: Re: djgpp compiler


On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Caron, Lt Dennis wrote:

>      We, at the 746 Test Squadron, would like to try the pc version of the 
> GNU compiler.  So far we have down loaded the following list of files from 
> the oak.oakland.edu site [SimTel/vendors/djgpp]:

Please also download the DJGPP FAQ list (faq102.zip) and read its first 3 
chapters before you do anything with DJGPP.  It will save you some grief 
further down the road.

>      We have unpacked most of the files using PKWARE's pkunzip version 
> 2.04c.  We must first use pkzipfix prior to unzipping the files.  Then while 
> using pkunzip on the pkfixed.zip file, two messages are presented.  The 
> first is a warning stating that each unpacked file has a bad table.  The 
> second message states that each file has a CRC failure.

Your zip files are corrupted.  Don't use them.  Get the files right and 
unpack them only then.  The most common reason of getting corrupted zip 
files is that you fail to use binary transfer mode of the ftp program you 
used to download the files.  The next common reason is using bad floppies 
when moving files from the machine hooked to the net to your development 
site.

>      Eventually we are looking for a pc compiler that will target to a 68040 
> processor.  Will the djgpp support this?

There is some info and some experience about setting up DJGPP as 
cross-development environment.  When you are ready with your installation 
and succeed in compiling a ``hello world'' program, ask again and you 
will get the necessary pointers.