Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1999/04/07/07:33:03
On 6 Apr 99, at 22:08, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> I've just released the DJGPP installation utility, LBInstDJ v0.2.
> It tries to simplify DJGPP installation by updating Windows
> Registry, autoexec.bat and extracting zips. Just use the great
> Zip Picker feature in http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/zip-picker.html
> to download zips, place 'em in one directory, download LBInstDJ
> (URL below) and run it!
>
> You can download it from simtel.net:
> ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2/install.exe
> Its source is in the same directory, file lbint02s.zip.
> You can use simtel.net mirrors too.
>
> This is first LBInstDJ version released, so I am waiting for your
> feedback! Feel free to send me any suggestions, bug-reports.
> E-mail is below:
>
We must seriously think whether to enable NameNumericTails=1 under Win9X
permanently as this have some rather nasty side effects that can even cause data
loss in some situations. I have once suceeded to overwrite file I didn't want to do
when NameNumericTails=1 were enabled (fortunatelly I had backup copy of lost
file) . Another example is libg++ tests for egcs-1.1.2 (also gcc-2.8.1 should have
the same problem but I have not tested it) in directory libg++/etc/PlotFile3D (File
$DJDIR/lang/cxx/PlotFile.h conflicts with libg++/etc/Plot3D/PlotFile3D.h in
egcs112s.zip when NameNumericTails=1).
Therefore installation should recommend to patch registry back after installation.
It can be done by asking at end of installation whether user wants to remove
NameNumericTails=1.
This is also topic that as I think should be in FAQ. I think NameNuericTails=0
should not normally be enabled permanently.
Due to these problems I removed NameNumericTails=0 from registry.
Andris
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