From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP and Win2K
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:57:25 GMT, "NLS" <eck AT home DOT nl> wrote:
> 
> >when I compile with DJGPP under win2k, ntvdm crashes..
> 
> This is because NTVDM 5 doesn't like DJGPP programs calling DJGPP
> programs.  It's also because Micro$$$oft would rather that you use
> Micro$$$oft Visual Crap++.

Here's an idea (and a plea ;-) for a simple but very useful project: find 
out what exactly causes NTVDM to crash when a DJGPP program invokes 
another DJGPP program.

This involves downloading the library sources (v2/djlsr203.zip), pulling 
dosexec.c file out of it, writing a small test program that invokes 
another DJGPP program, then tracing the execution of dosexec.c functions, 
either in a debugger or with added printf statements, and reporting here 
where exactly does that crash happen.

I don't have access to Windows 2000, so I cannot do this myself.  Knowing 
where the crash happens is a necessary first step towards looking for a 
work-around.  If you care about DJGPP being workable on W2K, please help 
us solve this nuisance.

Thanks in advance!