Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:14:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Patrick <pjenki1 AT gl DOT umbc DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Libs from other versions of gcc
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On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Patrick wrote:

> Is it possible to use the libs (.a) on one gcc system with djgpp?  For
> example, my school has sgi's with gcc installed and there are some libs
> that we need to use (just basic text and ptr stuff - no weird xwindow
> code, etc.). Could I just copy the file.a? or should I extract
> the .o files out of the lib?  Does this even make sense?

Don't even try using the object files or .a libraries on a foreign 
machine, it's nothing but trouble.

If you need some function from the DJGPP libraries, just pull its source 
from djlsr201.zip and compile it on your target machine.  That's what 
free software is all about: freedom.