Re: [PATCH] Windows jobserver updates for GNU make 4.1

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 05:30:14 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> From: Paul Smith <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:11:55 -0500
> 
> >  . dosbuild.bat doesn't compile files under w32/
> >  . dosbuild.bat doesn't compile Guile support
> >  . dosbuild.bat doesn't compile load API
> >  . dosbuild.bat mentions DJGPP, which is the DOS GNU-based development
> >    environment
> 
> OK.  I'll put down my editor and back away slowly, and let you all
> decide if the various build alternatives can be consolidated...
> 
> Maybe I'll see if I can get a DJGPP install just to verify things
> compile and run still; can you do on Windows or should I get a
> virtualbox running MS-DOS? :)

Yes, you can do that on Windows, if you install DJGPP.