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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:44:49 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: SV: About old stuff!!!
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Roger Wassell wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Roger Wassell wrote:
> >
> > > >                        Please make sure all your DJGPP programs come
> > > > from the year 1998 or later.
> > >
> > > WHAT??????  I have a lot of program comes before 1998!!! should i
> > > delete all files from 1998,then i don't know if i have a DJGPP still on
> > > my computer!!!
> >
> > With the single exception of CWSDPMI (csdpmi4b.zip), all the rest of the
> > archives from the core DJGPP distribution, i.e. the compiler, Binutils,
> > headers and libraries, Make and most of the GNU development tools were
> > ALL updated during 1998 and 1999.  If you have files older than 1 January
> > 1998, you surely need to look on SimTel.NET for updated stuff, and in
> > most cases you will find a new version there.
> 
> i downloaded today m4-14b,and it was from -99,so it was "new" for me,but 
> inside it is some files from -94...What do I need to do with this files???
> 
> It was m4.i1,i2 and i3...so my question is if i should keep them or not???

The idea is for the zipfiles to be that new.  This shows the date the
*package* was last updated.  Of course, not every file within it has
changed.  As in your example, even though the m4 executable has changed
recently, the documentation has not.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com