Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:04:54 +0100
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Subject: Re: Compiling Debian packages for DJGPP ?
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On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:29:59AM +0100, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> > 2. This would give you, DJGPP folks, a feedback on how able DJGPP is to
> > compile a ton of software originally written for *nix. Working together
> > we could extend the compatibility even more.
> 
> Err... djdev*.zip (libc and DJGPP specific programs) compiles in
> FreeDOS. Many (all ported except there might name clashes with only
> 8.3 file names, I suppose) GNU programs compile in MS-DOZE. If they
> compile or work with MS-DOZE and not FreeDOS, it's a bug in FreeDOS.
> 
> Granted Debian has many many packages not originating from GNU,
> perhaps you mean them?

Yes, i meant that ;)

I'm gonna try to cross-compile debian packages (including, but not
limited to GNU). On failures, I'll contact you and/or upstreams/package
maintainers to figure out how package could be correctly compiled
without horrible hacks (which i sometimes needed to do on my first
experiences).

Are you aiming at making your libc POSIX ? This may help me to decide
when to bother you with such issues, when to bother upstreams, or when
to just hack things myself to get it working.

I have another question, about the GNU software distributed with DJGPP.
Are you using the upstream vanilla sources, or are you including patches
to make them fitting more within DOS ?

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Jeremie Koenig <sprite AT sprite DOT fr DOT eu DOT org>