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Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 1998 11:47:18
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
From:	Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject:	Re: DJGPP 2.02
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At 11:39 AM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:

>DJGPP works just fine on systems where LFNs are not supported.  After
>all, it's a *dos* compiler!  If you really don't want LFNs, just set
>LFN=N in djgpp.env and make sure you use a dos or djgpp unzip program,
>so that you never accidentally create a long file name when installing
>software.
>
>If your OS *happens* to support LFNs, DJGPP will use them if you tell
>it to, but they are not required.  The only requirement is that if you
>tell djgpp to use LFNs, you need to make sure all your long file names
>really are long, and if you tell djgpp not to use LFNs, you need to
>make sure that all your long file names show up as the correct short
>file name.

Thanks, DJ.  I think I have this straight now. I got a bit upset just thinking
about the hoops that Bill Gates is making us jump through (the FAQ has
what I would call a "horror story" about this matter). I wrote some
mumbo-jumbo to Eli while in this state.

It looks like it will all work out fine, if we can just be humble and do
what Bill wants us too and just sweat it out. I HATE WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!!

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