Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 12:51:10 +0500
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From: Prashant TR <tr AT midpec DOT com>
To: Rodeo Red <rodeored AT netstep DOT net>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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	(message from Rodeo Red on Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:46:15 -0500)
Subject: Re: Where is C++ documentation ?
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Rodeo Red <rodeored AT netstep DOT net> writes:

> * libc.a: (libc).
>         The Standard C Library Reference
> * libm.a: (libm).
>         The Math Library Reference
> ,,,
> * update: (utils)update.        Conditionally copy one file to another.

You missed out libgpp! That's what you need.

> What the heck is a compiler collection ?

A compiler collection ;-). It just means that you have many compilers such
as the pascal, C, C++ and Fortran compilers all bundled together.

> Is the
> GNU Compiler Collection the only thing in GNU ?

You're way behind. There are so many that it's impossible to even list them out
here in this mail. One of the most popular ones is the GNU/Linux operating
system.

> If I have djgpp, do I
> have part of the GNU compiler collection,

Yes. But a DOS port of the GNU compiler collection.

> Also I sure would like to know what a "port" is.

A package that has been modified to run under some other platform.

> I have read this sort of thing lots of times, and it makes it sound as
> if the two are absolutely interchangable, But there must be some
> difference, because I
> can compile with gpp just fine, but if I change it to gxx I get : 
> c:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lgpp: No such file or directory
> (ENOENT)
> 
> What's it mean ?  

You need to add -lgpp at the end of the command line.

> I searched int the faq for -lgpp and didn't see anything about missing
> -lgpp. 

I suggest that you read the FAQ. This should answer most of your questions.
You can get that from:

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2/faq230b.zip

You can also read it online:

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/