Message-ID:	<3DEE611B.78185B71@yahoo.com>
Date:	Wed, 04 Dec 2002 15:10:03 -0500
From:	CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
Organization:	Ched Research
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: gcc31b vs gcc321b (.zip) and the zip-picker
References:	<3DEDA5B3 DOT DFD7A0B8 AT yahoo DOT com> <200212041816 DOT gB4IGH603969 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com>
Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > A few days ago I set up a friend with DJGPP via the zip-picker,
> > and it recommended gcc 321b (IIRC).  It was not found on the auto
> > selected mirror location (sorry, I don't remember which that was),
> > so I connected to the mirror site with FTP and found the latest
> > available there was 31b (which works fine for him).  This is just
> > a heads-up.
> 
> The zip picker works off my local site.  It takes a day or two for it
> to get to all the mirrors.  Simtel itself usually picks it up within a
> half day.  My scripts try to avoid recommending archives that are less
> than a day old to compensate for this.

I gather it was just mounted, and I went in at the awkward
moment.  This is one more reason for including dates on the
zip-picker and mini-faq IMHO.  I know, won't happen.  No need to
reply unless I am way off base.

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