From: ovek AT arcticnet DOT no (Ove Kaaven)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Memory-devouring ranlib de luxe
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:44:11 GMT
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I have been able to compile the X11 library files with libsocket (to
make it possible to compile X programs with djgpp to run in a DOS box
under Windows), but I'm having serious trouble in making an .a file
out of it. Since my own HD space is limited, the files are stored on
the Linux server running Samba, which I mount as a network drive in my
win 3.11. It was impossible to "ar" it, so with the Linux advantage at
hand, I ran ar on the Linux computer. But of course this wouldn't link
with the X program, complaining that I should run "ranlib" on it.
First attempt: "virtual memory exhausted". No go under Windows, so I
copied it to local computer, freed some HD space, then booted to DOS
and tried it again. go32-v2 now reported 29 Mb physical RAM and 106 Mb
virtual memory, and libx11.a is only 40 Mb. Well, looked good, 3 times
more free virtual memory than the file size. But still, after a while
... "virtual memory exhausted".

Argh, how much memory does ranlib really need, if 3x file size isn't
sufficient?