Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:39:49 -0500
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> Can you point me at any info or docs on the right way to make and use a 
> debugging version of libc for gdb testing of fcntl?

libdbg.a is a library of helper functions you need when building a
debugger.  It is not a version of libc.a built with -g.  You'll need
to check out the djgpp sources (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/cvs.html)
or unzip the djlsr*.zip archive, and build your own libc.a after
altering the Makefiles to use -g instead of -O.

> Secondary question:  Why are we including libgcc.a in the LINK step in 
> "tests\makefile.inc"?  Aren't we trying to test libc.a?  What knowledge 
> am I missing here?

libgcc.a is a support library needed by *anything* built with gcc.