Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:11:20 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: can't find DJGPP header files in MingW32
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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Gecko23 wrote:

> > I recently wrote some software that uses sys/param.h and in.h with
> DJGPP. I
> 
> Use the ones from DJGPP.

IMHO, this is bad advice.  One shouldn't use a header from another
compiler, since the headers are private to the library implementation.

A better way would be to rewrite the program so that it doesn't use
non-standard headers.  In particular, sys/param.h should not be used
by anything but legacy Unix software.  Every symbol it defines has a
modern and portable replacement.