Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 09:42:49 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Francois St-Arnaud <starnaud AT domosys DOT com>
cc: "'bug-gnu-utils AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu'" <bug-gnu-utils AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu>,
        djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: BUG? DJGPP GNU Make version 3.76.1 - DMPI Error
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On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Francois St-Arnaud wrote:

> DOS/16M error [32] DPMI host error (possibly Insufficient memory)
> 
> when make tries to execute my linker.
> 
> I've used another make utility before without this problem.
> The linker process works fine on its own, but not from inside make!

If you are using the DJGPP port of GNU Make, then you cannot run
16-bit DPMI programs from inside that Make.  DJGPP programs are 32-bit
DPMI programs, and the DPMI spec explicictly forbids mixing 16-bit and
32-bit DPMI programs in the same session.

You need to find a version of your linker which doesn't use 16-bit
DPMI.  Usually, there is a real-mode version of the linker or a
Windows console version, in the same package; use them instead.