Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:49:27 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Cyrand <cyrand AT juno DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Aecurses1.02 with DJGPP 2.01
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Cyrand wrote:

> libcurses.a: could not read symbols: Memory exhausted
> libcurse.a: could not read symbols: File truncated
> 
> What do they mean, and what must I do to correct them?

I think the messages are self-explaining.  The first one says that the 
linker didn't have enough memory to read all the symbols from the 
library, the second says that the library file ends prematurely.

It could be that at least the first problem is due to the way the library 
was built (which you didn't describe).  Section 8.18 of the DJGPP FAQ 
list (available as v2/faq210b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP) 
describes some of similar problems and how to solve them.

> BTW, is there a site that describes what all the DJGPP errors mean?

Each package should describe its error messages in its docs.  In 
practice, most of them don't.  On the other hand, most messages are quite 
clear.  The FAQ also can help you with some popular problems.