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From: "Diego Castro" <dcastro AT megacable DOT com DOT mx>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
References: <19990913142330 DOT 7774 DOT qmail AT hotmail DOT com>
Subject: Re: DJGPP wont compile C++ programs
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:41:08 -0600
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Which operanting system are you using ?
windows nt, the problem is with no support for long filenames (streambuf.h)
windows 9x, there is an environment var on the file djgpp.env to active long
filenames support
LFN=yes

----- Original Message -----
From: Tommy Shepherd <tommy_shepherd AT hotmail DOT com>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: DJGPP wont compile C++ programs


> From:Tommy Shepherd
> same as below.
> I cannot make my c++ programs compile and run,
> The compiler claims there isn't a iostream header.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> tommy_shepherd AT hotmail DOT com
>
>
> >From: "Mike Gee" <medline AT creator DOT dp DOT ua>
> >Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> >To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> >Subject: Re: DJGPP wont compile C++ programs
> >Date: 9 Sep 1999 03:07:55 GMT
> >
> >Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in article
> ><Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 990906094333 DOT 4874M-100000 AT is>...
> > > Anyway, a README file cannot include answers to such questions,
> > > because it will then be so large that it will be read even less than
> > > it is today.  -lstdcx is not the only problem that people keep bumping
> > > into, you know.
> >
> >You know, I stumbled upon -lstdcx too; it's sure not the only problem,
but
> >with current DJGPP-included distribution of RHIDE (which is still 1.4) it
> >is
> >usually the first one you run into when doing quick test like
> >int main(){cout<<'Hello World';}.
> >
> >In fact, README does include answer on this one, but it is README from
> >GCC-2.81, not from RHIDE as one would expect. FAQ does include this one
> >too,
> >but again, not in section 8.1 'GCC can't find headers or libraries'.
Seems
> >like a case of misplaced info, and can be frustrating for DJGPP newbies
> >like
> >me. Or maybe too general wording: explanation on -lstdcx comes under
> >'unresolved externals' section which I expected dealing with symbols like
> >variables, constants etc but not with missing libraries.  I finished
> >searching \djgpp tree for '-lstdcx' - not a best way to find something.
> >(Now
> >that I think of it, it was the fastest solution, only a few minutes
wasted,
> >compared to half-hour I spend trying to find solution in less bruteforce
> >way
> >:)
> >
> >Generally DJGPP works very much out-of-the-box, and the ease of
> >installation
> >can deceive new user into not looking any farther than readme.1st in root
> >dir, while it still needs (at least for me) some slight tweaking,
> >documented,
> >but unfortunately scattered through several readme files. I understand
the
> >reasons for it, but its a problem nevertheless. A quick fix may be yet
> >another <g> readme for new (clean) installation, listing in one place all
> >tweaks new user should do to get rid of -lstdx errors and the kind,
> >something
> >of a HOWTO like Johan Venter does on RSXNTDJ. Almost all information that
> >user need is already here, the problem is sometimes it's fragmented and
> >hard
> >to find.
> >
> >PS DJGPP knowledge base would be a perfect place for such
version-dependent
> >fixes. In its current state it's next to useless for new users. Wish I
have
> >enough time and experience to create or maintain something like that -
> >reasonably organized and up-to-date reference as a programmer's tool
beats
> >anything. I'm still keeping old quickhelp files from MSC 6.0 - haven't
seen
> >better programming reference since. It included just about everything
from
> >syntax to opcodes.
> >Well, my 2c anyway.
> >
>
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