Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:18:40 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "Ronald Landheer" <info AT rlsystems DOT net>
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Subject: Re: QUESTION: interest in a DJGPP version of the GNU Privacy Guard
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> From: "Ronald Landheer" <info AT rlsystems DOT net>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:11:50 +0100
>
> We're about to commence porting the GNU Privacy Guard to DJGPP - this is a
> project intended to teach a new programmer something about encryption. The
> question is, whether or not there is any interest in a DJGPP version of the
> GNU Privacy Guard (i.e.: will people be using it, and will it be worth
> updating when new versions arise, or will that simply be a waste of time,
> and should I just stick to it as a - smaller - teaching project).

I think GPG will be a valuable addition to the packages ported to
DJGPP, and I think it will be useful to DJGPP users.  So please go
ahead.

> If there is such an interest, I will pay closer attention to sticking - as
> much as possible - to the original, and documenting what changes I make
> (probably by using diff).

I suggest to download one or two ported packages from the v2gnu
directory on the usual DJGPP sites, and look inside to see how a port
is set up.  Typically, there should be some README.djgpp file which
explains how to build the package for DJGPP, and a djgpp subdirectory
with DJGPP-specific batch files, shell scripts, etc.

If you have, or will have in the future, any questions about the port,
please post them here.