Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 11:05:57 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Alan McFarlane <amcfarlane AT bigfoot DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: 16 Bit DPMI Problem
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On 6 Sep 1998, Alan McFarlane wrote:

> I needed a way to only convert images that were changed i.e. using a
> makefile for the image generation. Big problem - DTA uses a 16 bit DPMI
> server which is incompatible with DJGPP V2 Make.

Here are several alternatives, ordered from the most recommended down
to the least:

   1. Find a version of DTA that doesn't use 16-bit DPMI.
   2. Run DJGPP's Make with -n switch, redirect its output to a file,
      then invoke that file as a batch file.
   3. Get a real-mode version of Make 3.71 from the gnuish directory
      on SimTel.NET (/pub/simtelnet/gnu/gnuish/dos_only/gmake371.zip)
      and use it instead of DJGPP's (it is also a bit different from 
      DJGPP port of Make 3.77, but much more similar than Borland's 
      thingy).
   4. Roll your own ``micro-Make'': after all, you only need to
      rebuild a single type of file, a job that doesn't need a general
      purpose dependency checking that Make does.  Of course, you will
      need to build such a tool with something other than DJGPP.