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Subject: Re: cp.exe bug
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 06:04:50 GMT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
>>Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 02:48:27 GMT
>>
>>Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
>>>>From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
>>>>Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 06:58:29 GMT
>>>>
>>>>I need to uninstall the old version of djgpp first and reinstall
>>>>the latest version.
>>>
>>>
>>>What for?  You should be able to debug the program no matter what
>>>version of DJGPP you have installed.
>>
>>The alhpa version of cp.exe works fine (no need to debug).
>>
>>Only the beta version of cp.exe has the problem. The source code for 
>>cp.exe for both alpha and beta is the same, thus the glibc etc needs to 
>>be updated. Right?
> 
> 
> We are talking about finding out where in cp the bug happens.  For
> this, you only need to establish what line in cp's sources fails to
> work.  You don't need to go into the library function's code.


OK. Get everything installed.
but unable to compile the filutils.
After setting up the environment, gcc -g cp.c won't work obviously.
Which instructions should I follow to compile?