Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 11:57:07 +0200 (WET)
From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP under linux
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I have seen questions about building cross-compiler for DJGPP under Linux
rather often recently. I myself have not met related serious problems 
last time. Practically Linux-to-DJGPP cross-compiler builds for me
practically "out-of-box" from DJGPP sources archive.

More complicated thing is building native compiler for DJGPP under Linux
(I'm talking about gcc-2.95.2 currently of course). This could add one
more possibility to build DJGPP port of gcc rather than using Win9X
(as we need LFN support there). Of course I should look whether there are
no configure related problems (like failing to detect data and code
alignment possibilities of assembler as my previous attempt, now it seems
to be Ok).

Therefore one question:

	maybe it's worth to make binaries from cross-development for DJGPP
	under Linux available. I could make packages usable for
        Slackware-7 (should work also on other glibc-2.1 based systems).
	I'm not using RedHat distribution, so don't ask RPMs from me.

Andris