I think it's better to continue this discussion on the list. If you agree, be invited to bounce my mail there.
Did I not reply to all? oops. You might want to update the list software so it changes the Reply-To: field to gpc@hut.fi -- I've made this mistake more than once...
(So do I. If only I had the time I would happily WTFM.)-:
Many moons ago, I volunteered to wtfm -- I realized shortly after that I was incapable of doing so (time, and knowledge of Pascal). And since things always work better in a community effort, I made the suggestion I did... Sadly, though, I still haven't gotten anyone else's thoughts.
I found a gcc-2.8.1 distribution on my computer that I had downloaded (and left in a stupid place that I never thought to look), so I unpacked that, and stuck gpc-980511 in the p directory. It detected the patch file. I suspect this will work now.
(No more trying short cuts for me -- maybe in a few years when I've used Linux enough, and I'm a bit more into the programming loop -- I'm a university music student who hasn't coded actively since early high school, so I'm somewhat (read: very) out of the loop) Sorry to trouble you with all my pedantic questions...
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