From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: New neighbour in the hood Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: <65iubs0d779c4dthi94sh67vu4m0o69or7@4ax.com> References: <89mne7$5tq$1 AT news DOT netvision DOT net DOT il> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 X-Trace: /ba9QYJ69KMwiVFpVtGWhG9ELdpHxa/yLflhGlioRi9z3kA94TUY76jE3PuwP33B4CuDgNRI0iiA!gITcXujqETkp/lsYPvpGGJsqYI6XaPbEE0z0ok6xdNUYcBrT3tGSHuoDnUOySe3OAc+RzeD7kLTn!Npc= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 05:11:59 GMT Distribution: world Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 05:11:59 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:45:40 +0200, "Jose" wrote: >Hi All! > I am very intrested in the djgpp and GNU software for Windows/ms-dos. Windows: Cygwin and MinGW. DOS: DJGPP. > I know the gcc, emacs and other tools from my experience with >Linux/Unix. Cool. > My first question (the reason for this post) is if after >installing the djgpp it's possible to download sources from GNU >and compile them for use in windows or if the only gnu-related >software abilable for windows is in v2gnu? The stuff in v2gnu has been optimized for DJGPP (for example, removing calls to fork() which does not work under DOS). You're welcome to download more GNU source, port it to DJGPP, and upload it to Simtel. -- Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ Comment on story ideas: http://home1.gte.net/frodo/quickjot.html AOL is sucks! Find out why: http://anti-aol.org/faqs/aas/ View full sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your .sig to prevent the spread of .sig viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/