Subj : GCC confusion ..
To   : Mike Luther
From : Bob Jones
Date : Thu Jul 31 2003 01:20 pm

 ML> Advice?

Mike:

First, I had to make one change to the install script to load REXXUTIL.DLL.  I 
edited the file name to include the full path of where to find it.

Then I played arround, with multiple runs of install.cmd.

Trying to install to H: causes problems.  The install.cmd uses some relative 
paths that don't work when trying to put emx in H:\EMX....  :(

Final solution....

(a) Ran install.cmd and told it to install in H:\GCC
(b) Allowed install.cmd to make that directory.
(c) Let install.cmd complete.
(d) moved H:\GCC\EMX down to H:\EMX
(e) Edited h:\emx\bin\setgcc.cmd so that H:\GCC becomes H:EMX.
(f)  Ran H:\EMX\BIN\EMXREV.EXE to find out current library levels.  [Saved a 
copy by using 'H:\EMX\BIN\EMXREV.EXE 1>EMXREV.OLD'.]
(g) Edited config.sys to change all C:\EMX references to H:\EMX.
(h) Rebooted the system.
(i) Ran H:\EMX\BIN\EMXREV.EXE to see the new library levels.  [Also saved a 
copy.)

I found that I only had the EMX runtime support installed and not the 
development EMX environment installed.  By switching to H:\EMX, I got all of 
the EMX development (including runtime) support.  In my case, the runtime 
support I had on C: was the same level of code that was installed on H:, so I 
should be ok.

With this, GCC just works.  I don't have to run the setgcc.cmd script to use 
the compiler.  gcc hello.c produced hello.exe, and you know what that 
prints....  <grin>

[Ok, so hello.c is a file I wrote up, but you know the standard code for 
this.... <wink>]

I haven't tried anything more complicated yet, but in playing around, I do see 
that make won't work without adding h:\emx\make to a search path or two.  If 
you do that in config.sys, you will get a number of *nix based commands (make, 
chmod, cp, etc.), and I don't know if there is any issues with that....

So....  Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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