Message-Id: <m0zAwhL-000S3uC@inti.gov.ar>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: pjfarley AT banet DOT net (Peter J. Farley III), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:42:09 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Subject: Re: ".inf" vs ".info" in djdev201.zip "info/dir" file
CC: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
In-reply-to: <35e0c4a8.13031195@news1.banet.net>
Precedence: bulk

pjfarley AT banet DOT net (Peter J. Farley III) wrote:

> Maybe because the 8.3 name of, for example, "flex.info" under Win95
> LFN conventions is "flex~1.inf", which does not match "flex.inf"?
> Just a guess on my part.

Yes, if you uncompress with a W95 program you must use LFN=Y or a lot of 
things will fail. 
I think the distributions *must* be "8.3 bullet-proof", using .info doesn't 
help. Same is for libstdcxx.a.

SET
------------------------------------ 0 --------------------------------
Visit my home page: http://set-soft.home.ml.org/
or
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6552/
Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET). (Electronics Engineer)
Alternative e-mail: set-soft AT usa DOT net set AT computer DOT org
ICQ: 2951574
Address: Curapaligue 2124, Caseros, 3 de Febrero
Buenos Aires, (1678), ARGENTINA
TE: +(541) 759 0013