Re: Compiling FreeCom

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Alain wrote:

> > Warning compfile.c 56: Call to function 'dfnfilename' with no prototype in
>
> I had to copy 'dfn.h' to the include directory.

Right. I did that too.

> The source file says:
>
> #include <dfn.h>

-- and some other places say
#include "../include/dfn.h"

Parts of FreeCOM think of dfn.h as a system header and other parts as a
user header. This is, well, inconsistent ;-)

> This is probably a bug, but I am not sure ;-)

there is a bug somewhere, else you would not need to copy. It can be
solved in multiple ways though; copying is just the quickest solution.

Below is my short "how to compile freecom using Turbo C++ 1.01 howto"
I posted to someone privately a few weeks ago. Note: from *scratch*.

Bart

About FreeCOM - here's how I got it to compile now from scratch:

download com083beta44.zip, unpack
download the binary suppl.zip for Turbo C++ -- I never tried to
compile suppl itself, unpack in the SUPPL directory.

use Turbo C++ 1.01 from the Borland museum.

adjust first part of config.mak -- for me:

-----------
## is the base path ("root") of Turbo C++ v1.01
CC_BASE_PATH = C:\TCPP

## Where the pre-compiled SUPPL files are located
## See DOCS\SUPPL.TXT for more information about this library
SUPPL_INC_PATH = D:\SOURCE\FREECOM\SUPPL
-----------

copy suppl\dfn.h include
build