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2001.05.04 22:16 "compiling libtiff using DJGPP on WinNT", by George Rypysc

When I try to compile (run make  version mak375b.zip) in the tools directory
on WinNT 4.0 with DJGPP v2.03) I get the following error:

make.exe: *** No rule to make target `../libtiff/libtiff.a', needed by
`fax2tiff
'.  Stop.


... for both libtiff v3.5.6b and v3.5.5.  This makes sense because there is
no file called libtiff.a in either of these packages.  Is it just missing or
is it a file that the compiler should output during the compilation process
and then use?  I've followed the directions to set up DJGPP, libtiff, and to
definately copy and rename the makefiles and others from 'contrib/dosdjgpp'
so I'm sort of baffled.

I'm a newbie to compiling C/C++ programs on the command line and using make.
My ultimate goal is to get tiffcp working on NT so I can merge tiff files
together or preferably find or write a utility that will merge all tiff
files in a directory into one file in order by some convention: 001.tif,
002.tif, 003.tif, etc without having to string them out on the commandline.
I've used tiffcp on Linux at home but work is not quite ready for Linux.  I
think I could justify using Linux at work if I actually demonstrate how
useful some of the utilities that came from the Unix world are and how it's
not worth the trouble compiling on NT (I've got good evidence so far from my
experience for the later, now I need a working utility to prove the former)

I'd greatly appreciate any advice.