From:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: What do I have?
Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 1997 01:01:09 -0500
Organization:	Spectrum Healthcare Services
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bill oliveri wrote:
> 
> I downloaded a file named "djgpp20.zip" a 8.3meg file from:
> http://207.92.81.101/se.htm

This page contains out of date information (from the prices it quotes
for various products, the site is at least one year (nine internet
years) behind the reality.

> Is this a complete package of the djgpp compiler?  It seems different from
> other sites which have an itemized list of what is needed for what is
> needed to be done.

The DJGPP20.ZIP you downloaded from that site is a 18 month old snapshot
of a certain Robert Mudge's installation of DJGPP v.2.0, complete with a
project he seems to be developing at the time.  (He deleted the source,
of course, but apparently forgot to clean up the /tmp directoy, which
included a preprocessed copy of his source.)

Here's a snippet of the code:

                else if ( line[i+1] == 'i' )
                {
                  if ( line[i+2] == 'n' )
                  {
                    if ( line[i+3] == 'c' )
                    {
                      if ( line[i+4] == 'l' )
                      {
                        if ( line[i+5] == 'u' )
                        {
                          if ( line[i+6] == 'd' )
                          {
                            if ( line[i+7] == 'e' )
                            {
                              if ( line[i+8] == ' ' || line[i+8] == '\n'
||
                                   line[i+8] == '\t' )
                              {
                                include_count++;
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
              break;

> I have installed it according to the directions at the web page until I get
> to setup.bat.
> I get a response:  The name specified is not recognized as an internal or
> external command, operable program or batch file.
> I'm running NT 4.0 and issuing the command from the command prompt.

Forget about the file.  Go instead to http://www.delorie.com/djgpp and
get the complete picture, including the canonical mirror sites.

> Any insights would be helpful.

[insights on]
By putting such a file on the web, Mr. Nudge could be in violation of
the DJGPP copyright, which stipulates that the complete source of the
software must also be obtainable from the same physical server.
[insights off]

> William Oliveri
> wuji AT nivets DOT com

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com

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