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GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support (Announce)

posted by bocke, 12.01.2013, 20:27

It seems Automake is dropping DJGPP support. I've just found this article on Phoronix: Automake Looks To Drop MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/ME

> Automake 1.13 was released on Friday with a number of major changes to this
> component of the GNU build system. With Automake 1.14, there's already a
> number of additional changes being considered.

And a bit further bellow:

> Automake developers are looking at removing support for MS-DOS and Windows
> 95/98/ME. This older Microsoft support was provided by DJGPP, a development
> suite that's a port of GCC and GNU utilities for DOS-compatible operating
> systems.

I wonder if and what influence would this have on DJGPP.

I did convert some autotools based projects to Makefiles before, but this is a real hell for anything more complex. I fear some projects still supporting DOS might drop it in the near future.

Complete thread:

• GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 12.01.2013, 20:27 (Announce)
  • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - RayeR, 12.01.2013, 21:39
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - Rugxulo, 13.01.2013, 21:07
      • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 14.01.2013, 23:05
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 14.01.2013, 22:30
  • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - marcov, 16.01.2013, 15:12
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - RayeR, 16.01.2013, 17:42
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 18.01.2013, 16:22
      • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - Rugxulo, 18.01.2013, 17:43
        • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 19.01.2013, 10:02