Re: [AD] watcom.txt update

["Eric Botcazou" <ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> (Was Re: [AL] Yet another newbie with install problems.)

Here are the modifications I'm going to commit:

--- cvsroot/allegro/docs/src/faq._tx Thu Jun 20 14:32:32 2002
+++ allegro/docs/src/faq._tx Mon Jun 24 20:58:08 2002
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@
       above 16384).
 
 <h4><li>
+@@   When I run make, it says "conflicting types for va_list".
+</h4>
+      As the error message suggests, there is a conflict between newer
+      versions of gcc and older versions of the libc. You should read the 
+      readme.DJGPP file contained in the gcc*b.zip archive (a fix is 
+      appended to the end of the file).
+
+<h4><li>
 @@   When I try to compile a program using Allegro, I get lots of errors like:<br>
    C:\TEMP\ccdaaaaa(.text+0x9):x.c: undefined reference to `allegro_init'<br>
    C:\TEMP\ccdaaaaa(.text+0xe):x.c: undefined reference to `install_keyboard'


--- cvsroot/allegro/docs/build/watcom.txt Thu Jun 20 14:32:28 2002
+++ allegro/docs/build/watcom.txt Mon Jun 24 20:52:48 2002
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@
    hardware drivers: the djgpp and Watcom versions are 100% identical in this
    respect.
 
-   This library should work with Watcom C versions 10.6 or 11.0, but I have 
-   no way to test anything but 10.6, and only minimal interest in 
-   maintaining this port, so I'm afraid you are pretty much on your own if 
-   you have problems with any different compiler versions.
+   This library works with version 10.6 and the various 11.0 versions of the
+   Watcom C compiler, except the latest one (11.0c) which can build the
+   library but cannot link Allegro programs.
 
 
 
@@ -37,10 +36,12 @@
 ============ Required software ============
 ===========================================
 
-   - Watcom C, version 10.6 or 11.0
+   - Watcom C, version 10.6 or 11.0 (but not 11.0c).
    - djgpp compiler (djdev*.zip, gcc*b.zip, and bnu*b.zip).
    - GNU make (mak*b.zip).
-   - sed (sed*b.zip).
+   - GNU sed (sed*b.zip):
+        Required for 10.6: Used to build asm sources.
+        Optional for 11.0: Used by "make depend".
    - Optional: rm (fil*b.zip). Used by the clean and uninstall targets.
 
    Except for the Watcom compiler itself, all of the above packages can be 


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Eric Botcazou
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