I'm trying to install the DigitalMars compiler, by which I mean a build system that will handle standard C++.  This involves installing STLPort.  I downloaded the latest version, and step 4 is to find the appropriate makefile.  There does not appear to be a makefile for DigitalMars.  Does anybody have instructions on how to build/configure STLPort for use with dmc under Windows?

Also, is there a reason I should not be annoyed that the dmc faq includes material such as this,

  iostream is part of STLport. Do one of the following:

    * Add the following switch:
        -I\dm\stlport\stlport
      when compiling.

    * Add \dm\stlport\stlport to the INCLUDE environment variable search
      path before \dm\include.

   ...

   For more information, see \dm\stlport\readme.txt.

even though installing dmc yields no stlport subdirectory?

Thanks,

Scott

Okay, I downloaded the special version of stlport for dm, but when I go to the src directory and type

  make -fdm.mak

it tells me

  Error on line 69: bad syntax for implicit rule, should be .frm.to:

Sigh.  Suggestions?

In the meantime, I noticed this in the readme.txt file:

  To compile a program using STLport's <iostreams> with the static library:

	sc hello -I\dm\stlport\stlport

Color me confused.  What is sc and how does it differ from dmc?

Scott

Scott Meyers wrote:
> Okay, I downloaded the special version of stlport for dm, but when I go to
> the src directory and type
> 
>   make -fdm.mak
> 
> it tells me
> 
>   Error on line 69: bad syntax for implicit rule, should be .frm.to:
> 
> Sigh.  Suggestions?
> 
> In the meantime, I noticed this in the readme.txt file:
> 
>   To compile a program using STLport's <iostreams> with the static library:
> 
> 	sc hello -I\dm\stlport\stlport
> 
> Color me confused.  What is sc and how does it differ from dmc?
> 
> Scott
> 

see http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/ctg.html

"Scott Meyers" <usenet@aristeia.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1ac9140990f8122a989681@news.digitalmars.com...
> Okay, I downloaded the special version of stlport for dm, but when I go to the src directory and type
>
>   make -fdm.mak
>
> it tells me
>
>   Error on line 69: bad syntax for implicit rule, should be .frm.to:
>
> Sigh.  Suggestions?

Yes. The makefile dm.mak is for smake, not make. To build:

    cd \dm\stlport\src\
    smake -f dm.mak

smake.exe is the more modern make program that comes with the DMC++ CD, make.exe is the older one I keep for compatibility with old makefiles. smake is pretty compatible with Microsoft's nmake.

> In the meantime, I noticed this in the readme.txt file:
>
>   To compile a program using STLport's <iostreams> with the static
library:
>
> sc hello -I\dm\stlport\stlport
>
> Color me confused.  What is sc and how does it differ from dmc?

What happened was Microsoft, with XP, added a system command called 'sc'
which mucked things up for DMC++. So, I created a dmc.exe using:
    copy sc.exe dmc.exe
<g>. I'll change the \dm\stlport\readme.txt to reflect this.

References:
    www.digitalmars.com/ctg/sc.html            sc and dmc
    www.digitalmars.com/ctg/make.html        make
    www.digitalmars.com/ctg/smake.html        smake

>    www.digitalmars.com/ctg/smake.html        smake

Every option under the sun except a link to download it...

Tram wrote:
>>    www.digitalmars.com/ctg/smake.html        smake
> 
> Every option under the sun except a link to download it...

smake comes as part of the Extended Utility Package:

www.digitalmars.com/eup.html