Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 13:14:15 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT gmx DOT net>
cc: bpaddock AT csonline DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Can't Get GCC 2.8.0 to build?
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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Robert Hoehne wrote:

> make install
> 
> with a Makefile disigned for unix will fail to 99.99%
> on DJGPP when not running under W95 with long filenames
> enabled. (at least for not trivial packages like gcc)

I don't understand why you are saying this.  If the person who runs
"make install" has Bash installed, there should be no problem in
making it work even without long file names.  For example, the port of
TeX/Web2c distribution does that, and it is more complex than even
GCC.

What are the problems that prevent GCC from installing automatically
on non-LFN platforms?

> To get this working it would need much more time than
> manually installing the files in the correct directories.

The problem is that a complex package like GCC defeats simplistic
manual installation procedures.  That is why "make install" should
IMHO work for complex packages, while simple packages can get away
without it.