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Subject: Standalone EXE files
Date: 7 Jul 2005 16:53:58 -0700
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Is it possible to create standalone EXE files with DJGPP ?

CWSDPMI.DOC implies:

- "built in extender is not supported" => NO
- "This allows single executable image distributions.
You can use the EXE2COFF program and
COPY /B CWSDSTUB.EXE+yourimage yourimage.exe
to create a standalone executable image." => YES

??? YES or NO ???

Or do I understand "built in extender" wrongly ?

I tried it - seems to work.

I tested with BZIP2 and one example I
compiled myself.

Default is obviously NO - all .EXE files from
www.delorie.com and most other "ports" are not
standalone.

Is it (creating a standalone version)
supposed to work for all programms ?

In the past I tested FreePascal - it is also
based on CWSDPMI, but standalone EXE's did
not work except for "HELLO.EXE". I did not get
much valuable help in FreePascal forum - the
DOS target is almost abandonated. Should it
(standalone failure) be considered as a BUG 
of FreePascal ?