Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:21:11 +0100 From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker Message-Id: <199911021521.QAA10719@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Extracting problem Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In article you wrote: > Hi, > I just noticed a problem with DJGPP. I extracted DJGPP with PKUNZIP. But > when I started stubify.exe (or an other executable from djdev202.zip), I > got the error, there was no correct COFF. Please cite the *exact* error message, and also the exact command line you used to get it. If you get a message text like this: {some program name here}: Not COFF (check for viruses) then *do* check for viruses, thoroughly. So far, each time we had users report this type of problem, they either *did* have a virus, or their virus scanner had gone berserk. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.