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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 18:07:30 +0200
From:	Mateusz Viste <mateusz DOT viste AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: DJGGP/GCC - detect unset env variables before using them
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Hi,

Thanks for the info, in fact I am using an older version, gcc v4.7.1, 
since that's the one that comes with the latest stable DJGPP version 
(ie. 2.03).

It's great that newer versions don't have this problem anymore.

Thanks!

Mateusz



On 26/05/2015 17:14, Andris Pavenis (andris DOT pavenis AT iki DOT fi) wrote:
> On 05/26/2015 05:19 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I noticed very positive movements recently on this list, making me
>> think that a new version of DJGPP could appear in some near future,
>> which would be great :)
>>
>> If I may suggest one pretty small problem (but very frustrating) that
>> could be fixed in the newest DJGPP:
>>
>> The current GCC.EXE compiler crashes horribly when the environment
>> variable "DJGPP" is not set. This variable is supposed to point to the
>> djgpp.env file, and I understand it's necessary. However, it would be
>> *really* nice if gcc could simply output an error message saying that
>> this variable needs to be set, and what it needs to point to, instead
>> of crashing with a page fault.
>
> Which version?
>
> Recent GCC versions reports an error in this case and there is no crash.
> 4.7.3 and 5.1.0 are OK
>
> Andris
>

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