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Re: LYNX-DEV Still won't compile under DOS
From: |
Benjamin C. W. Sittler |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV Still won't compile under DOS |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Oct 1997 16:24:21 -0600 (MDT) |
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Doug Kaufman wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, JeffreyX Groves wrote:
>
> > I have everything installed on a Win95 system and I re-booted in
> > DOS mode. I'm still getting the same errors...
> >
> > All the errors seem to be related to files that are longer than the
> > standard DOS 8.3 format.
> >
> ...
>
> > Do I have to edit all the file references to 8.3 format or is there a
> > better way? I've already spent four days trying to get this to compile
> > and it getting a little frustrating.
>
> It sounds as if the problem may be the way you unpacked the distribution.
> Try using the zip archive rather than the tar.gz archive and use unzip
> to unpack it. Do this under DOS, not WIN95 so that all directories will
> be adjusted to 8+3 by unzip. Then try to compile. None of the names in
> the makefile need to be adjusted to 8+3; DJGPP takes care of this for
> you.
You might also try playing with the LFN setting in djgpp.env (or the
corresponding environment variable.) This holds whether you use Win95 or
not.
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