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From: gtoal@nyx.cs.du.edu (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: ftime(), Elm (& libcompat.a)
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 22:33:05 GMT
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In article <1992Nov24.093116.226@otago.ac.nz> david@otago.ac.nz (David Harris) writes:
>Has anyone written an ftime() suitable for use with 386bsd? If so, would
>he/she mind mailing it to me?

The docs imply there's a fake version in libcompat.a - but I can't
find libcompat anywhere.  I need ftime for unzip (i've faked it for
now to return 0 for everything...)

>Also, has anyone ported elm or pine to 386bsd? The Elm 2.4 distribution
>dies with a syntax error at line 1455 of Configure, and I'm not enough of a
>sh wizard to be able to work out the problem...

It's one of the *many* ports on rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk - always a good
place to look first.  There's a compressed tarred version in /ftp/local/packed