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From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: crosscompiling (was Re: Report on DOSCMD)
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote:

> Michael Smith wrote:
> > 
> > I doubt you could use the Watcom libraries with it, but gcc-go32 is an
> > extremely handy tool, and I beg you to keep it up to date.
> > 
> Actually there's not much I can do :(. All the gcc-based crosscompiler
> ports use the same disttree. The included "newlib" hasn't been upgraded
> since ages and only supports the first version of DJGPP. What I've seen
> Linux users do is add dircetly the updated libraries from DJGPP2 and
> replace the old ones. Now that I think it if Watcom's C uses 16-bit libs
> it won't work.

Watcom is a 16/32 bit compiler that'll link with/compile for pretty much
any format. The point was the compiler, not the libs. ;P

> 
> > It's the only free 32-bit DOS compiler around, and it provides a DOS
> > programming environment that is extremely productive and highly
> > conducive to rapid development and migration of *nix code.
> >
> The latest libraries also support most POSIX. I was told (by Delorie)
> that quake and other commercial ports were built with the crosscompiler. 
> 
> 	Pedro.
> > 
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