Message-ID: <353BC76F.2CE4@cs.com> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:08:47 -0400 From: "John M. Aldrich" Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt. MIME-Version: 1.0 To: webmaster AT mjv DOT com CC: DJGPP Workers Mailing List Subject: Re: DJGPP Help References: <1109_892917879 AT vtech> <3538DBBB DOT 19AA AT cs DOT com> <353A6E20 DOT 12DD AT mjv DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk Michael Vanecek wrote: > John M. Aldrich wrote: > > > > RHIDE 1.4 wasn't designed with gcc 2.8.0 in mind. The solution is > > simple: edit the file %DJDIR%/share/rhide/rhide.env (or create it if it > > doesn't already exist), and put the following line in it: > > > > RHIDE_TYPED_LIBS_DJGPP.cc=stdcxx > > > > After doing this, RHIDE should link C++ programs correctly. > > > > If you are tryiing to compile from the command line, make sure you > > either use 'gpp' instead of 'gcc', or use the correct name for the > > library ('-lstdcxx'). See chapter 8.2 of the DJGPP FAQ for information > > on making your system compatible with both long and short filenames. > > > This has to be one of the most common problems posted on the listserve. > Has anyone given thought to a "Five Most Asked Questions" web page? No > doubt you probably cut and past that advice on a daily basis. You did > for me. It'd probably be easier just to provide a URL that would have > that advice plus a select few others, like the LFN problem. The FAQ is > nice, but it's so big that it can be a little intimadating. A short > little web page with consice instructions would be easier. I agree with you that it's an incredibly common (and therefore annoying) problem, but the solution is as near as the next release of RHIDE, if and when Robert ever gets around to it... Perhaps a good temporary workaround would be to add a note to 'readme.1st' specifically for users of RHIDE. Opinions? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich | "A committee is a life form with six | | aka Fighteer I | or more legs and no brain." | | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | - Lazarus Long | ---------------------------------------------------------------------