Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:20:00 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> >Problem no.2: you might get "Out of environment space" if you simply
> >add a variable; you need to find a way to detect such problems and
> >deal with them.
> 
> OK, I can update config.sys. But I will have more think about it.

Yes, finding out how much environment space is available is a pain.

> >Problem no.4: what about those autoexec.bat files which define
> >multiple configurations?  In these cases there's more than a single
> >PATH= line that needs to be changed.  How do you know which ones?  And
> >some of the configurations might not be appropriate for running DJGPP;
> >only the user will know which ones.
> 
> It's a hard issue. Hey, but if user knows how to use multiple
> configurations,
> he will be able to setup DJGPP by himself. I'll put it in my TODO, but in
> low priority.

I think you need at least to detect multi-config files and pop up a 
message, or suggest something, or ask the user, or...

> > PATH c:\foo\bar;d:\baz
> >
> >i.e., no leading SET and no equals sign.
> 
> No leading SET isn't problem for me now. No '=' case should
> not be hard to fix.

There's also a mixed case:

	PATH=C:\foo
	SET PATH C:\foo

(yes, this also works!)