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From: NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Greg Wettstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Make utilities for MS-DOS platforms
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Date: 4 Jun 90 13:53:15 GMT
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This originally started started on comp.sys.ibm.pc.binaries but I have been
thinking that I should post an announcement to this newsgroup as well.

I have a working port of GNU Make to the MS-DOS environment which seems to
be running most of my internal makesfiles as well as most external ones
I have thrown at it.  I would still consider the port to be beta in nature
as I needed to get a Make running and when I got it doing what I wanted to
do I didn't take time to make sure that all the obscure bugs were worked
out.

The big limitations right now are the amount of memory required by the
executable (100K) and the fact that it is currently working in medium model.
I have ported a lot of GNU software to MS-DOS and going to large model is
always worth about a day or two of time.  Since the FSF boys are used to
working in large flat linear address spaces with (size long == char *) I
suppose this is understandable.

Since I announced that the GNU port was available I have received a steady
stream of mail asking for it to be released.  Ian Stewart sent me mail this
morning and is sendig me an isolated version of his swapping code.  I will
incorporate this and take a stab at large model, if things go well I will
send an executable to Mr. Davidsen and he can take it from there.  Stay
tuned for further announcements.

                                         As always,
                                         Dr. G.W. Wettstein
                                         NU013809@VM1.NoDak.EDU

'The truest mark of a man's wisdom is his ability to listen to other men
 expound their wisdom.'