From:	"Laurynas Biveinis" <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:59:00 +0200
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: bash 2.04 build failure?
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> I don't like environment variables as a means to solve such problems.
> They should be the last resort.  A Bash variable sounds like a better
> idea.

There are already things like POSIXLY_CORRECT, and at least I didn't
hear complaints about it. And bash variable solution is a very local
fix, leaving other applications with default setting and startup flag.

> > OTOH, I think that if we implement this, then search order should be
> > reverted to be unix-like again - we have more genuine DJGPP and UNIX
> > apps that DOS ones.
> 
> I don't understand this.  Could you please explain?
 
Yes, a typo can mungle text not worse than C++ name mangler :) I mean
that there are a lot of apps ported from UNIX, which want UNIX behaviour
naturally, there is another lot of apps written specially for DJGPP
which had to live with UNIX behaviour up to and including 2.03 release.
All these apps outnumber the apps written for MS, Borland, Watcom and 
so on, which would expect DOSish behaviour. So which ones should we cater?

Laurynas

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