Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 16:59:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Vedeesh Sahajpal <vedeesh AT ii DOT uib DOT no>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: help: cannot exec go32 
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On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Vedeesh Sahajpal wrote:

> You are exactly right. I did mix the versions. Reason for this 
>  was that I followed the guidelines related with 'which files to
> download' as mentioned in the chapter 4 of faq202.

First, the FAQ says that it is only consistent with DJGPP v2.0, not 
v2.01.  Second, the file that you should really see is v2/readme.1st, 
which *is* up-to-date.

> In other words, versions mentioned in faq give 'cannot exec go32'
> problem. 

Can't be.  The error message is printed because your as.exe is from v1.x, 
not v2.0.  Even if you would install as.exe from v2gnu/bnu252b.zip, the 
message will not appear.  Only as.exe from v1gnu/bnu252bn.zip (note the 
subtle differences in the directory and zip file names!) will cause the 
error to appear.  Chapter 4 of the FAQ mentions v2gnu/bnu252b.zip.

> The lesson I have learned is 'always go for latest':)

This lesson is correct.  The other one is: if there's a readme file 
available with a distribution, read it before unzipping the package.