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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: RE: Help with allegro!!!
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 09:15:29 -0300
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> De: 	david sharp[SMTP:dsharp AT interport DOT net]
> Enviada: 	Sexta-feira, 26 de Fevereiro de 1999 21:33
> Para: 	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Assunto: 	Re: Help with allegro!!!
> 
> LogosAZ wrote:
> > 
> > I downloaded the allegro library and am trying to run the loading a pcx
> > example but everytime I run it this is what happens: First, it compiles
> > fine, but then when it is going to be executed RHIDE says --- Error:
> c:/djgpp
> > /bin\id.exe cannot open - Lalleg : No such file or directory (ENOENT)
> 
> a known bug in allegro is that downloading the allegro source code 
> and trying to run the examples without building the library results 
> in the error message.
> in fact you need to *build* the library first.
> apparently old man hargreaves knows about this bug since right there in
> the 
> documentation he gives detailed instructions on how to build the 
> allegro library from the source code.
> 
Gee! Is that a bug or a option that hargreaves use to make the package
smaller?

> > Why is it saying  "c:/" when the "/" is not used in dos? What could be
> the
> > problem? I don't even have a file on my computer named "id.exe" (I
> searched)
> > Please help!!!
> 
> a bug with djgpp is that it allows "/" in place of "\".
> a bug with the alphabet is how the letter 'l' as in 'ld.ex' looks like
> 'i' in 'id.exe'.
> 
Isn't it a Unix compatibility?

> my first suggestion is to complain to those actually responsible for
> these
> bugs.
> 
Why, if the caracteristics written above is pertinent to the respectives
packages?

José Paulo
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil