Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 17:54:07 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Configure scripts
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Since the port of `bash' can run configure scripts almost unchanged, I
wonder if it is appropriate to base DJGPP source distributions on the
assumption that people who build from sources have `bash' and the
necessary XXX-utils installed.  It certainly makes the porting a lot
easier (I estimate that as much as 30% of the work goes into tweaking
Makefile.in into DOS-compatible Makefile, especially since it diverts 
energy from the *real* job). 

Opinions?  I am about to port the latest File- Text- and Sh-utils, so it 
is relevant for me.  Thanks.