Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:51:03 -0400
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> Should we upload an updated djdev203.zip with no djgpp.djl?

I can edit the existing zip in place.  Since we still have previous
versions of gcc on simtel, I would discourage it.

> Also, what would happen if djgpp.djl _did_ exist: would GCC or the
> linker use it?

GCC would not.  The linker never automatically uses external specs
files, gcc has to tell it to do so.

> Finally, perhaps we should see how does this internal-script-by-default 
> affect packages that use modified linker scripts, such as dxegen, DLX, 
> etc.

They shouldn't be affected.

> Shouldn't you advertise this on c.o.m.d.?  Past experience shows that
> people who read djgpp-workers are a very biased sample of the general
> user population, so some nasty problems evade us.

Sure.  I'll send out a note.

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