Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/02/10:06:35
> |>How is it better than the DJGPP port by Marc Singer (<elf AT netcom DOT com>,
> |>see the DJGPP FAQ for details)?...
> |>
> It isn't. Nobody mentioned it when I asked. (I'm not the only one who
> forgets to check the FAQ it seems :-). However, I got the djgpp port
> from ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/el/elf/rcsdos yesterday and I have the
> following observations:
>
> The djgpp port has nicer wildcard behaviour ("rlog RCS\*" will find .h and
> cc files for instance), and a nice soft link facility.
>
> The SimTel version comes with the GNU documentation.
>
> Both work fine and seem to be able to work with each other's RCS files.
>
> The djgpp version has the edge because it uses the djgpp diff utils, and
> because it does not require its own DOS extender(s).
I'd like to point out that the port I am supporting is the newest
version of RCS, one that supports binary files with the new -k switch.
Also, I did not do this to better the previous port work. Instead, I
have been trying to get Paul Eggert to include my patches and
configuration file with the standard distribution. If those of you
who use RCSDOS would kindly drop him a note saying how great RCS is
and 'wouldn't it be nice if they could use softlinks (and a few other
extensions) by compiling the standard distribution', we might find
harmony once again.
Marc Singer
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