From: "Alexei A. Frounze" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: ARRRRGGG!!!! - Problem Solved Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:04:22 -0500 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <98f0ur$1l8m6$1@ID-57378.news.dfncis.de> References: <3AAB0579 DOT C04BE507 AT home DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 209-130-220-244.nas1.roc.gblx.net (209.130.220.244) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 984287003 1745606 209.130.220.244 (16 [57378]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "Paul Michailidis" wrote in message news:3AAB0579 DOT C04BE507 AT home DOT com... > Anyway, just a general question. What is the point of running "make" in > the allegro folder? why is it that you have to make allegro. Shouldn't > it be ready to run once you download it? Also, before you run make, > there already exists an allegro.h file. Wouldn't that suffice in order > to successfully include allegro. It's extra 900KB. And if you want to change something in Allegro (sometimes this migh be needed) you'll need different 900KB. Also having sources is a good thing to look at. I think that's why. Good Luck -- Alexei A. Frounze alexfru [AT] chat [DOT] ru http://alexfru.chat.ru http://members.xoom.com/alexfru/ http://welcome.to/pmode/