To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: make conflicts with turbopascal
Message-ID: <19970309.143603.4943.3.chambersb@juno.com>
References: <6SIte$EUccB AT jocokko DOT edition DOT bonbit DOT org>
From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 17:32:25 EST


On 05 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000 kay AT edition DOT bonbit DOT org (Kay Hayen) writes:
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>Hallo.
>
>I've spent a lot time yesterday, when I tried to use the bpc of TP7.0  
>
>from Borland with djgpp's 2.0 and 2.1 make. It seems that djgpp uses  
>some DPMI interface with which the Borland program conflict.
>
>The error message of make is not telling to much:
>
>k:\binpatch>g:\dos_gcc\BIN\make -f testy2
>f:\bp\bin\bpc
>make.exe: *** [all] Error -1
>
>with that makefile "testy2"
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>all:
>        f:\bp\bin\bpc
>        "g:\delphi\bin\dcc"
Bpc uses the RTM extender, which is incompatible with cwsdpmi.

>
>
>If use Delphi 1's make on the same makefile it works! Delphi 2 does 
>not  
>conflict with make and works perfectly.
Delphi is by Borland, right?  Then it uses the RTM extender, so it can
run RTM programs.

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>I use Windows 95. The problem exists with 4DOS and DOS7.0 both in the  
>
>same way.
>
>Any idea what concret is happening here? I do now workaround this  
>problem by using the delphi 1 make to the part of my project compiled  
>
>under DOS with bpc. The makefile was planned to be portable for Linux, 
> 
>OS/2 and DOS. This requires some advanced features only GNU-make has.
>
>Any solution to this ?
>
>        Mls, Kay

...Chambers