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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 17:28:05 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: tomstdenis2508 AT my-dejanews DOT com
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: C++ Compilation
In-Reply-To: <6rjuua$dd4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980823172747.1451i-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998 tomstdenis2508 AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:

> Ok djgpp 2.01 (gcc 2.8.1) will only install/run correctly if you unzip the
> zip files with aprogram that supports long file names (winzip, or info-zip
> compiled with djgpp).  Also you have to copy a file in \djgpp\gnu\gcc-2.81
> called djgpp.env to \djgpp and modify the line with 'LFN=n' to 'LFN=y'.  It
> works on my win95 machine.

Since the original poster asked about Windows/NT, these instructions
are exactly backwards.  You need to unzip with a program that does NOT
support long file names (so do NOT use WinZip).  And please don't edit
DJGPP.ENV, it will work without any changes on NT.

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