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On Feb 11, 3:35 am, AndrewC <andspamt DOT  DOT  DOT  AT exemail DOT doty DOT com DOT au> wrote:
> >I have found that the current release from
> >  ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/txt20b.zip
> >is BUGGED
>
> >a simple command like
> >   sort --help
> >provoke a sigsegv bug on a Windows XP SP2 DOS box, AMD Sempron 3000
> >(but not on another computer, and I have faith on my RAM)
>
> >whereas
> >ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/txt20b.zip
> >works.
>
> This is expected and has been known for a long time. If the binary
> files built are built with the original 2.03 DJGPP LIBC release then
> expect to have some wierd things go wrong. And by weird you can have
> stuff like can't find/load a file up to and incuding instant XP
> re-boots.
>
> If you are using XP then I would advise using the beta release as it
> has all of the known fixes that were found when the files were built.
> If you use Rhide on XP then I would advise to search the DJGPP
> newgroup archives at www.delorie.com otherwise you may have no hair
> left after a week if it plays up on you.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Andrew

"Original" 2.03 release?? Do you mean before 2.03p2? And what version
of XP does it not work on? (In other words, SORT.EXE: 93,184 bytes,
dated 3 Feb. 2000, runs fine for me on XP Home SP2, at least "sort --
help" anyways).