Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 14:19:28 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc: bcurrie AT tssc DOT co DOT nz, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Possible enhancements on v2.02
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On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, DJ Delorie wrote:

> I mean that any changes this time around should affect only the
> finding and reading of djgpp.env, and that I don't recommend doing
> anything to change any other LFN functionality during startup until we
> discuss and understand the ramifications.  Caution is advised.

I agree.  I wasn't proposing any change.  I just described how things
work in v2.01.  In fact, I'm not even sure we need to change anything
for v2.02.  After all, it worked all through v2.01, with quite a few
people using Windows 95, and nobody complained.

This thread began when I asked whether finding DJGPP.ENV using the
long name should work, because I thought it didn't (that's what we
tell the newbies).  However, it turns out that it does work in v2.01.

What I'm asking is whether the couple of subtle drawbacks of the
current code (as I described yesterday) require a change in v2.02.