Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:41:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Bowen <ken AT jarrett DOT als DOT com>
Subject: Re: Weekly Mini-FAQ post for DJGPP
To: Dave New <den AT aisinc DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, dj

>  
> > Latest versions: binutils-2.5.2 bison-1.22 diff-2.6 go32-1.12.maint4
> > flex-2.4.7 gcc-2.6.3 gdb-4.12 gzip-1.2.4 libg++-2.6.2 make-3.71
> > patch-2.1 sed-1.18 texinfo-3.10 faq-1.00
> > 
> I thought I had maint4 installed, but when I ask go32 for its version, it tells 
> me maint3.  Looking at the maint4 docs, it doesn't mention that go32 was 
> updated.  The manifest doesn't show any changes to go32, either, just a fix to 
> libsrc/c/sys/access.c (and corresponding objs).  Should I have re-compiled go32 
> after this library update?  I'm confused (an easy state these days for me to be 
> in 8-).
> 
I remember originally being confused by this too, and I think I've seen
several other people on the list express confusion.  In this case, it's simply
that there was no change to go32 in maint4, so its version number
wasn't incremented.  

Maybe it would allay such confusion if all elements of djgpp have the
maint number incremented with a maintenance release, even if they haven't
really changed.  It makes sense if one thinks of the maint N number as
the version number of djgpp "as a whole", and not just of the individual
parts.

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