Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 16:33:58 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT laima DOT acad DOT latnet DOT lv>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Anyone running on Win95 or NT?
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On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Andris Pavenis wrote:

> I see at least one place where such editting may be needed:
>   	the change of search paths for include files and libraries
> 	when some new package (or updated version) is being installed

Even in that case, it is not mandatory to change DJGPP.ENV: you can set 
C_INCLUDE_PATH in the environment and DJGPP.ENV will *add* the standard 
directories to that value.  Most of the other values are also set in a 
way that allows either to be overridden by the environment, or to be 
added to the environment, whatever is appropriate.

> 	The second thing user may want to change is the setting of
>           variable LFN to enable or disable use of long filenames by 
> 	default.

Again, setting it in the environment has the same effect.

DJGPP.ENV is a result of a lot of thought and constant small improvements
based on user experience; do not change it easily, especially if you are
just beginning to use DJGPP.