X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f X-Received: by 10.224.180.141 with SMTP id bu13mr13796982qab.2.1356513971404; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:26:11 -0800 (PST) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:26:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <16498b56-cd2f-4ef2-a146-0d3c6b86bab9@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse AT google DOT com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=65.13.115.246; posting-account=p5rsXQoAAAB8KPnVlgg9E_vlm2dvVhfO NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.13.115.246 References: <16498b56-cd2f-4ef2-a146-0d3c6b86bab9 AT googlegroups DOT com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Configure without output - noob question From: rugxulo AT gmail DOT com Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:26:11 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bytes: 3657 Lines: 57 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id qBQ9j1wa019340 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk Hi, On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 9:59:47 PM UTC-6, Maksim Soifer wrote: > Hello, i`m only now found for myself DJGPP. > > I trying to set working dev enviroment in BOCHS 2.6 with Freedos 1.0. FreeDOS 1.1 exists too, but perhaps you prefer the fuller set of packages or liveCD or ... ? > i tried to use current toolchain (2.04) and beta > > enviroment variables set like this: > > PATH=c:\djgpp\bin > > DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env All of that is correct (though I assume your %PATH% has other dirs too). > TMPDIR=c:/djgpp/tmp (i checked that this dir exist) This is unnecessary, but it probably doesn't hurt (though I'd point it to big RAM drive for faster speed). DJGPP.ENV already sets %TMPDIR% for you. > then i type ./configure i got nothing on screen and then cursor change to next string. no config.log or something like this created - but there a is disk activity. I don't know of anyone ever using GNU AutoTools in pure DOS, and even then only barely in other environments. It works fine in DOSEMU or WinXP's NTVDM, but sorry, I too once or twice tried (in vain) in pure DOS, no idea why it doesn't work. :-( > i think that i doing something wrong but i dont know what and how to correct it. No, I don't think it's your fault. It's just not supported under raw DOS, that's all. Even with DOSLFN loaded, it doesn't seem to even start. Probably various bugs or deficiencies. > i looked here and in documentaion, and FAQ but no answer what make things clear. GNU AutoTools require a lot of POSIX utilities installed to work correctly. So even ./configure needs LFNs, Sh, Grep, Awk, Sed, CoreUtils (File-/Text-/ShellUtils), Make, GCC, BinUtils, DJDev, and probably many others (depending on the package). It's tough to get working even at the best of times, esp. since DOS and compatibles aren't exactly POSIX friendly. I honestly have no idea what to suggest. Perhaps someone here knows (Eli?). Perhaps "autoscan" or whatever gobbledegook with old DJGPP AutoConf 2.59 will make it more DOS friendly, but I highly doubt it. GNU is not majorly interested in non-POSIX platforms, and even having said that, I think it's fairly clear that Linux (and Hurd) are their priorities, though many of their projects still support other *nixes (more or less). DJGPP doesn't qualify as robust enough for most of them, sadly.