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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 02:25:07 -0500
From: Doug Gale <dgale AT mailexcite DOT com>
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Subject: Re: parse error
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CIAaagent wrote:
> 
> >When i compile it keeps giving me this error
> >message saying that there is a parse error in an included file.
> 
> First off, MORE INFO would be nice in order for the experienced DJGPP users to
> help you out.  :)
> 
> I, too, am getting a lot of parse errors, due to (I believe) my attempted use
> of LIB files.  For whatever reason, DJGPP uses libraries ending with the ".a"
> extension, NOT ".lib".  I have yet to be able to figure out how to use LIB
> files (such as FastGraph graphics libraries) with DJGPP.

You can't use 16-bit libraries (such as FastGraph) with DJGPP because
they are 16-bit code! Even if GCC accepted lib files, the code would not
run under protected mode because memory layout and interrupt calls are
VERY different.