[Dev-C++] Dev-C++, MingW, and MSYS

[Mac R. <re...@no...>]

I downloaded the Beta3 installer and everything installed fine.  I then
made a trivial "Hello World" project and hit Rebuild All.  I was informed
that the required DLL MSYS-1.0.DLL was missing.  After much fiddling
around, I discovered that the rm.exe program (presumably from the new MingW
set) is the offending program.  I realize that MingW development is
separate, but I was curious what I need to do to get the Beta3 Dev-C++
functional.  I was concerned that I might have gotten some confusion
between previous versions, so I made sure to uninstall and delete all
previous versions of the various components.

I have tried downloading and installing the newest MingW, and have also
downloaded and installed the newest MSYS (which is a rather odd little
project, and I would rather not install it if I can help it).  I have also
tried placing the MSYS-1.0.DLL from the MSYS system into the \dev-c++\bin\
directory so that rm.exe could find it, but that didn't help.

If it helps for recreating the problem:
 - Win98SE
 - All previous versions of Dev-C++, MingW, and MSYS uninstalled and 
   their directories were deleted.
 - DevC++ 4.9.3.0 installed (to D:\Programming\Dev-C++, if that matters).

Because I am evaluating C++ dev environments, I also have the following
software installed, which could easily cause problems if Dev-C++ is very
dependent on environment variables (a practice which I loathe -- if you are
going to depend on an environment variable instead of a config file, at
least make it a unique env variable, not something like "INCLUDE".  Sorry
for the unfocused rant...)
 - Visual C++ 6.0 Learning Edition (came with a book)
 - Quincy 2000
 - Digital Mars C++ 8.28

Any help would be appreciated, because Dev-C++ looks like it is by far the
best option of what I have, if I can just get it working.

Thanks!
Mac
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