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From: "Laurynas Biveinis" <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Fw: LBInstDJ - second, improved version
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:49:05 +0200
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>Why do you need this check?  I think the startup code already deals
>with this, so long file names in the installation directory are okay
>now.

But zip picker tells differently:

Note: Do not install DJGPP in a directory that requires long file name
support (i.e. no spaces, 8.3 characters)

So I think you should update it. Actually, my DJGPP directory is
C:\Programming\DJGPP\

>`install.exe' is too dangerous, IMHO.  Too many programs, including
>one from the GNU Fileutils, have that name.

I think it is OK. 'install.exe' would be one of the first downloaded files
and placed in directory kind of \InstDJ and not in \DJGPP\bin. So I don't
think that any collision will occurr.


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