From: David Enchelmaier <n2138166 AT sparrow DOT qut DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP wont compile C++ programs
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:13:56 +1000
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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, David Enchelmaier wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me that a lot of people have this problem.  I can't recall
> > seeing the solution in the readme for DJGPP or RHIDE (I might be wrong,
> > it's been a while and I haven't got them in front of me now), if the
> > solution (or a pointer to the FAQ) isn't there, would it be worth thinking
> > about adding it to the readme for the next release?
> 
> IMHO, the Right Thing is to fix problems, not to explain them in FAQs
> and READMEs.  A newer version of RHIDE would probably solve this one.
> The next version of DJGPP includes a [rhide] section in the DJGPP.ENV
> file, which I hope will solve a large portion of these problems even
> with the existing versions of RHIDE.
> 

You're right... M$ has poisoned my brain, and I'm suggesting patches
instead of fixing the problem properly.

> Anyway, a README file cannot include answers to such questions,
> because it will then be so large that it will be read even less than
> it is today.  -lstdcx is not the only problem that people keep bumping
> into, you know.
> 

Another example of the detrimental effect of M$... not caring how many
pages the readme.1st takes. :)

Dave

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