From:	Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT epl DOT ericsson DOT se>
Message-Id:	<200211260826.JAA09748@lws256.lu.erisoft.se>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] Updates for readme.1st
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:26:46 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To:	<E18GPJ9-0000hA-00@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> from "Richard Dawe" at Nov 25, 2002 07:58:05 PM
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> Index: readme.1st
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/djgpp/djgpp/readme.1st,v
> retrieving revision 1.18
> diff -p -u -3 -r1.18 readme.1st
> +A 'long file name' or 'long directory name' has path components that
> +are longer than 8 characters in the portion before the extension
> +and longer than 3 characters in the extension.  A long file name may
> +also have multiple extensions and contain some characters that are
> +illegal in short file names (e.g.: spaces).

Why not remove "e.g." and add the other characters that became valid
(they aren't so many)?

> +If you are upgrading from version 2.00 through 2.02 of DJGPP
> +on Windows 2000 or XP, you should reinstall all the DJGPP packages.
> +The DJGPP packages were rebuilt with a later version of DJGPP,
> +to support Windows 2000 and XP.  Programs built with version 2.02
> +are likely to fail on Windows 2000 and XP.

Is that really exactly 2.02 or earlier as well?


Right,

						MartinS

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