Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/13/22:16:08
Stuart Thorpe wrote:
>
> I am wondering a few things:
>
> 1) What files are needed to upgrade (I don't want to spend the day
> downloading everything).
You must get all the new djXXX201.zip files, as they contain the bulk of
the changes. Also, all the old GNU files have been rebuilt with v2.01,
and updated versions have been provided as well. As Eli posted, using
v2.00 programs with v2.01 programs can cause problems with long command
lines.
You do not need to download any of the "accessory" files, like allegro,
rhide, cwsdpmi, grx, unless you want to, but the rest of your programs
should be updated as soon as you have the time to spare.
> 2) What changes am I going to see in the way I write code. I noticed a few
> people saying there 2.0 stuff doesn't work in 2.01..
The only major change was not a DJGPP change but a result of the new
version of the GNU assembler which more strictly enforced operand
suffixes in assembly, thus breaking some old programs. The biggest
problem was Allegro, which has two lines in the bank.S file with invalid
suffixes.
Other changes are mostly improvements on existing functionality, such as
long filename support, coupled with a large number of relatively trivial
library code fixes. The few bugs that manifested in the preliminary
release were immediately corrected, so the latest versions of the
distribution files should be good to go, so to speak. :)
HTH!
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