Date:	Sun, 20 Feb 2000 11:42:06 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Teun Burgers <burgers AT ecn DOT nl>
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Subject:	Re: Portability patch for DJGPP to glib-1.2.6
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Teun Burgers wrote:

> > Please consider packaging glib in the usual DJGPP manner and uploading
> > it to SimTel.NET. Thanks
> 
> So I did.

Thanks!

Btw, the distribution will not unzip cleanly on DOS, it has some file
names which are not allowed unless LFN is supported.

> There are a few instructions missing in the upload howto:
> 
> - where to put formatted man-pages (man/cat? ?)

Under the man subdirectory, like the other ports do.  See the value of
MANPATH in DJGPP.ENV.

Are you sure you looked at the simtel-uploads page recently, btw?  The 
one I'm looking at now does mention the man/ subdirectory.

> - How to generate info-files with extension .i1, .i2 etc

You need to set LFN=n before running makeinfo.  Then it will do so
automatically.  (Or just boot into plain DOS, if you have a dual-boot 
system set up.)

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