Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 13:30:01 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Richard Slobod <71231 DOT 104 AT compuserve DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: directory changing problem with make
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On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Richard Slobod wrote:

> Would it be feasible to make this configurable?  For example, have it
> default to the more DOS/Windows-compatible behavior (except, perhaps,
> if the makefile has Unix-style line termination?) but provide a
> command line switch that forces the more Unix-compatible behavior?

I guess this is possible, but I'm not sure there's a good reason for
adding such an option.  This is the first time I heard anybody
complaining about this behavior, presumably because everybody else
takes this DOSism for granted.  If you have other examples where such 
behavior is required, please describe them.

In general, I think that introducing any DJGPP-specific option should
have a grave reason, since it requires the user to know about it.