From:	"Laurynas Biveinis" <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
To:	<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Fw: LBInstDJ - second, improved version
Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 1999 06:51:42 +0200
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-----Original Message-----
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: lauras AT softhome DOT net <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
Date: 1999 m. Kovas 31 d. 00:07
Subject: Re: LBInstDJ - second, improved version


>
>You should send these to djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com, not just me
>personally.
OK, I do it. BTW, what is it? Mailing list for DJGPP developers?

>
>>  * If user wants it, registry is updated to disable numeric tails in SFN.
>
>I think this should be the default.  I'm not even sure if an option to
>do otherwise would be useful.
Well, it *is* default (at least user is told so) But I have to ask, because
after registry update user must restart computer and run LBInstDJ again.
So he will run into the same question.

>
>>  * added check if LBInstDJ is running under DOS 7 but not in DOS box
under
>>    Windows 9x.
>
>Why?
Because user will have trouble when trying to run DJGPP from Windows then.
And LBInstDJ cannot update registry from pure DOS. But it's OK to install
in pure DOS 7 if user will run DJGPP only there. Please correct me if I am
wrong.

>
>>  * LBInstDJ now updates autoexec.bat if it does not find FPU
>
>This shouldn't be needed;  libc auto-detects the FPU.
>
>>  * added check against LFN in installation path. Works only in DOS box
under
>>       Win95 / Win98
>
>Better to use a open/read test, since there are LFN drivers for
>OpenDOS and WinNT, but they're optional.
What open/read test?

>
>>  * added check against installing to "/dev" directory
>
>Good.
>
>>  * changed DPMI server from CWSDPMI to PMODE/DJ so LBInstDJ.exe now is a
>>       standalone program
>
>Cool, but beware that there are a few places where pmode doesn't work.
>I can't remember them off the top of my head, though.  I think a
>self-extracting zip with two binaries and a readme.txt is fine.  You
>might want to name the binary "install.exe" or something obvious like
>that.
>
>> Now question before releasing v0.2 - did I prepare my 0.1 zips good?
>
>* You forgot the manifests
>* Please don't use mixed case in file names - use lower case only.
>* Why use unzip?  Why not use djtar, which handles zip and tar files?
Andris Pavenis pointed me to UnZip first. Maybe I will switch unzipper or
integrate unzipping routines into main program.

>* Never use "Dj" - always use "dj" or "DJ".
>* binaries should be *b.zip or *b.exe, not *x.exe
OK... I thought 'x' would be good for SFX.

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