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Ihor.Bobak@nestle.ua wrote:
> 
> I am trying to compile GNU Chess with the help of DJGPP.
> I am doing everything exactly as in the instruction:
> ----------------------
> First, cd to the src directory.
> 
> Run autoconf to build configure from configure.in

Which instructions?

Recent versions of GNU Chess (5.03 and later I believe), ship
with a prebuilt "configure" script. In principal this configure
script is the starting place for compiling GNU Chess.

You are using 5.04 right?

If the configure is suitable (highly unlikely) then you start by
running it - any reference on GNU autoconf and configure tools
should show the GNU build procedure.

> Then run configure to build Makefile from Makefile.in.
> 
> Now run "make" to build gnuchess.exe

I don't use DJGPP for Windows builds of GNU Chess, I use GCC on
Cygwin, and this is the only Windows build environment tested
before a new version of GNU Chess is released. 

Other testers are welcome!

The principal 'roles' of the configure script with GNU Chess are
mainly;

Find the standard integer headers and library or work around
their absence (including 64 bit integers)
Detect GNU readline if present (if you don't know don't worry).
Make sure we know what endianess the processor has (which may be
going).

The rest is pretty much generic 'how do I compile C on this
platform' stuff.