Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 09:38:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Dan <afn03257 AT afn DOT org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Setting up DJGPP?
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On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

:>On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Dan wrote:
:>
:>> No investigation needed, I placed the DJGPP distribution using the base path
:>> of C:\PROG, but put DJGPP.ENV in C:\. I have  system I use to keep my
:>> computer running good, it keeps me from having excess files, etc.
:>> Part of it is having all system related files , batch, etc.. in C:\.
:>> It works fine as is, as it should.
:>
:>This is fine as long as you know what you are doing.  But experience shows
:>that many DJGPP users get into trouble when they change DJGPP installation
:>like that.  Therefore, I think that they will be ill-advised if they are
:>told to edit DJGPP.ENV. when in fact the problem in their installation
:>lies elsewhere.  In fact, changing the DJGPP directory tree is quoted by
:>the FAQ as one of the possible causes of trouble (section 8.1).  It
:>actually happened to some people, and when it does, it takes a lot of time
:>to figure out what the reason is. 

I see, well so far not murmer. 	If it does have problems, I'll just delete
the system until the bug is patched.