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>>Talking about the port of the C compiler from CP/M68k to GEMDOS...
>>CP/M68k does not have directories, while GEMDOS has.  But no one thought
>>of this when they ported the linker.  It seems to be impossible to link
>>files in different directories together.  I use the atari hard disk for
>>development, and I (unix-addict as I am) like to have all things in the right
>>directories.  Everything is fine, I have my \bin, \include, and \lib.
>>But to link a program, I have to copy my objects into \lib, cd to \lib,
>>link there and copy the program back into my directory.  Granted, this is
>>all done by a command script, but it is a major pain in th *ss, though.
>>Obviously, the checks in the linker for correct filenames has not been adapted
>>to the different environment.  Does anyone know if this will be fixed, or can
>>anyone give a patch to switch this stupid checking off ?
>>
>>	Hans-Martin Mosner <hmm@unido.uucp>, <hmm@unido.bitnet>
>>	University of Dortmund


You are absolutely right.  This is a major pain.  What's the point in having
an organized directory if your tools can't make use of it?  We are attempting
to get the compiler/linker/etc programs either fixed or changed so that they
accomodate hierarchical directories.


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