Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:19:13 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ian Miller <itmiller AT dra DOT hmg DOT gb>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: LFN=y is NOT necessary under Win95 by the way
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Ian Miller wrote:

> Of course, I might be missing something (like something
> about LFN=n in djgpp.env maybe).

That is correct: stock DJGPP.ENV sets LFN=n (because some DJGPP programs,
notably Make, break when LFN is used on Windows 95).  If you set LFN=y,
always do it from the DOS prompt (or in the property sheet of the DOS
session), not on DJGPP.ENV, because current start-up code behaves
unpredictably as to when it notes the LFN=y setting of DJGPP.ENV.  In
particular, if you link your own substitutes for `__crt0_glob_function' 
or `__crt0_setup_arguments', you might get a program that doesn't support 
LFN when globbing the command line, if you set LFN=y on DJGPP.ENV.