From: wargamer99 AT aol DOT com (WarGamer99)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: HELP - Indirect Calls/Branches in DJGPP Linker
Date: 9 Dec 1997 02:57:10 GMT
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I wrote Ted Gruber (of Ted Gruber Software, www.fastgraph.com) about him
supporting DJGPP in his *excellent* FastGraph graphics library, which I've
invested much time and $$$ on since 1993 or so.  I'm toying with the idea of
switching from Borland C 5.04 to DJGPP for 32-bit DOS development but want to
continue to use the wonderful FastGraph libraries.

He stated, "we've tried to add DJGPP support to Fastgraph in the past, but
there is apparently a problem in the DJGPP linker that prevents us from doing
so. It seems the linker cannot resolve addresses generated by indirect branch
or indirect call instructions, both of which are used rather extensively in
Fastgraph's assembly language code.  Should the linker problem be fixed in the
future, we'll again try supporting DJGPP."

Do any DJGPP gurus know if this linker problem has been corrected?  If so, can
you give me some "proof" so I can email it to Ted (I *really* want to use
FastGraph with DJGPP :)     If not, any idea whether this problem will, or can,
be corrected soon?

Thanks for your help and infinite wisdom  :-)

Troy W. S.

p.s.  My only other choice is to pick up Watcom C/C++, which is what Ted
suggested.  Oh Santa, are you taking notes?!!  ;)~