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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:00:28 +0000
From: Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp and strange ENOENT problems (NOT a newbie installation)
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echo wrote:
> 
> first, i'd like to point out that i *have* scoured the faqs and two
> years of message archives trying to find the solution to this problem.
> and my environment variables must be set correctly or i'm going daft.  i
> know ENOENT problems most likely mean either incorrect environment
> variable settings or incorrectly unzipping/installing the packages, so
> i've gone to great lengths to check and see that i've done everything
> according to the FAQs and readmes.
> 
> i've installed djgpp before on win98 and everything ran fine.  just
> recently, however, i cleaned off my hard drive and did a clean install
> (os decay is a pain).  when i reinstalled djgpp, much to my dismay, i
> ran into a couple of errors running certain tools (specifically gcc.exe
> and make.exe)...since i will try and be as thorough as possible in
> describing this problem, there will be a lot to read...
> 
> first, here are the packages i've installed, unzipping them using WinZip
> 7.0 (i've checked them multiple times to see if they are indeed the
> right package and that i've unzipped them to the correct location while
> keeping the directory structure intact):
> alleg31.zip
> bnu281b.zip
> djdev202.zip
> faq211b.zip
> gcc281b.zip
> gdb416b.zip
> gpp281b.zip
> grx23.zip
> grx23fnt.zip
> lgp2811b.zip
> mak377b.zip
> objc281b.zip
> rhide14b.zip (also alternatively tried rhid147b.zip)
> rsxdj131.zip
> txi312b.zip
> 
> environment variables ARE set...this is the output from running "set" at
> the command line:
> TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
> TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
> PROMPT=$p$g
> winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
> COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
> DJGPP=C:\DEV\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV

Section 22.20 of the faq.  /dev/ is a reserved direcotry in UN*X systems because
it contains all the device driver support.  As DJGPP simulates some important
ones
like /dev/tty* (Serial port) etc you cannot install in the /dev/ directory.

		Peter Allen