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From: "Allan" <mu8ja0i AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Release 2 of the DJGPP port of GNU Texinfo 4.13
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:24:53 -0600
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"CBFalconer" <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message 
news:496D4A95 DOT C156D5F7 AT yahoo DOT com...
> Allan wrote:
>>
> ... snip ...
>>
>> When I first installed djgpp I did not know about the alpha or
>> beta versions and gcc crashed the first time I tried to compile
>> a c program. As for this file naming controversy I simply renamed
>> the binary file from 'br2' to 'r2'.
>
> The final b, d, or s normally describe binary, doc, and source
> zips.  So you would be better off removing the 'r' from the
> filenames.
>
> My point is that the filenames should be fixed on delorie.com, so
> they can be properly downloaded onto DOS machines.
>
> -- 
> [mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
> [page]: <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
>            Try the download section.
I know that the letters b,d and s denote the content type but in my case I 
almost always use the binaries versions and I just wanted to install the new 
version. I agree with your point about the excessive name length. Thanks for 
the reply.