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> Nope. We don't have time to follow this newsgroup 100%. And if you
> wanted to talk to the DJGPP developers, you should use the
> djgpp-workers mailing list.

That's not quite how it works.  The djgpp-workers list is for talking
about working on djgpp itself.  It is not a generic method for
contacting the workers.  I don't want people thinking "Oh, I'll ask my
generic C programming question on djgpp-workers because that's where
the smart people hang out".  I *do* want people thinking "I've got
some free time and I'd like to fiddle with djgpp's C library, so I'll
ask for advice on djgpp-workers".

> Perhaps it's been too long or I've done it so many times, but I
> think it very easy to compile libc. Just unzip the source and go
> down into src and type "make".

When it works, yeah, it's that easy.

> This is where beginners' questions should be made. However
> beginners' questions regarding libc implementation or compiling are
> better posted to djgpp-workers and are welcome there.

True.

> Anyway there is very little activity on djgpp-workers as almost none
> have any time for it anymore. So we welcome anyone that want to
> correct bugs.

I like to think of it as "there's little left to do because it all
works so well" :-)