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Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCE: release 3 of the DJGPP port of GNU grep 2.5.3 uploaded.
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Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:
> CBFalconer schrieb:
>> Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:
>>
>> ... snip ...
>>
>>> The binaries, docs and surces can be downloaded from
>>> ftp.delorie.com and mirrors as(timestamp 2008-01-20):
>>>
>>>     grep 2.5.3 binaries, info and man format documentation:
>>>     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/grep253b.zip
>>
>> I already downloaded, and am running, grep 2.5.3 for djgpp.  I
>> downloaded it sometime last August.  So either you have made a
>> mistake, or you should have modified the name for a later port.
> 
> Sorry, but I do not understand this.  There have been 3 releases or
> updates of the port of grep 2.5.3.  These were necessary to fix bugs
> and pending issues.  AFAIK it was always the rule to follow that
> the new update or release replaces the old one; there is absolutly
> no reason to keep a broken or unfinished version of the port.

Yes there is - it allows the user to keep track of which version he
is running.  For example, look at:     fileutils-4.1r7
which has been repaired several times.

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