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Subject: Re: GNU Software for MS-Windows and MS-DOS
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:18:47 GMT
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comp.os.msdos.djgpp & Eli:

Thank you for your reply. :-)

>> Does anybody have a URL for information about the
>> new edition of GNU Software for MS-Windows and MS-
>> DOS?
>
> What exactly do you mean by ``new edition''?  And what
> information are you looking for?
>
> Until now, there were 2 editions (edition 1.0 and 1.0revised),
> and edition 2.0 is currently in the works.

1. I'm recommending the software to my client, but
http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html indicates "NOTE: OUT OF STOCK until
new edition is prepared".

2. Questions I need to answer before client adopts the software:

   a. Which operating sytems are supported?

   b. What are the features/ limitations of the package and its
components on supported operating systems?

   c. Will it allow long filenames?

   d. Will it allow long command lines?

3. I antipated that I can find the answers to the above questions if I
could find the following documents, and hoped someone had a URL for
them:

  a. Release notes for Edition 1.0 (Find "release" only yields
D:\gnu\bash1147\RELEASE).

  b. Release notes for Edition 1.0 Revised.

  c. Anitipated bug fix/ feature list for Edition 2.

4. I own one copy of the software.  My CD says "CD-ROM Edition 1, June
1998".  I assume this is Edition 1.0.  I would like to obtain the other
edition (1.0 Revised?) until Edition 2 is out.  Does anybody know where
I can buy it?  Windows doesn't seem to be able to copy the CD (chokes
on filenames that differ only by case), so I assume a Linux box is
needed to produce duplicates (?).


TIA,

David


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