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From:	"Laurynas Biveinis" <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
To:	<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Announce: LBInstDJ the DJGPP installer v0.2
Date:	Wed, 7 Apr 1999 15:50:11 +0200
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>We must seriously think whether to enable NameNumericTails=1 under Win9X
>permanently as this have some rather nasty side effects that can even cause
data
>loss in some situations. I have once suceeded to overwrite file I didn't
want to do
>when NameNumericTails=1 were enabled (fortunatelly I had backup copy of
lost
>file) . Another example is libg++ tests for egcs-1.1.2 (also gcc-2.8.1
should have
>the same problem but I have not tested it)  in directory
libg++/etc/PlotFile3D (File
>$DJDIR/lang/cxx/PlotFile.h conflicts with libg++/etc/Plot3D/PlotFile3D.h in
>egcs112s.zip when NameNumericTails=1).

Of course, something must be done there - at first I was planning to create
some BAT
file which user could run to re-enable numeric tails, if he is too lazy to
use regedit by
himself.

>Therefore installation should recommend to patch registry back after
installation.
>It can be done by asking at end of installation whether user wants to
remove
>NameNumericTails=1.

I think it is good way.

>This is also topic that as I think should be in FAQ. I think
NameNuericTails=0
>should not normally be enabled permanently.

Yes, this topic is in the FAQ (22.18) and I think I will copy it to my
lbinstdj.txt.
However, its author does not agree with Andris:

"For what it's worth, I always run my system with numeric tails disabled,
and I have yet to see a single real problem."

So the final decision is up to user, as always.
Laurynas Biveinis

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