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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
Subject: Re: Links to links
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 09:45:43 -0700
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At 08:30  5/29/1998 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> 3. Change the message to something less confusing to a newbie, and have the
>
>No.  The virus threat is *real* and warning them about it is very
>important.

I was thinking maybe the stub could distinguish the case of (stub with no
COFF attached) from (bogus executable). But that also is probably too complex.

>
>> 4. Document it. There may be problems; perhaps some Unix makefiles expect
>
>Yes.  Perhaps the symlink program could print a *warning* if it can't
>prove the target is a COFF program, but I think that's the best we can
>do.

Okay, that's fine.

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com