Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:18:53 +0200 (WET)
From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: gxx.exe
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Why does gpp281b.zip include gxx.exe instead of gpp.exe?  Didn't we agree
> at the time to NOT overwrite gxx.exe which comes with djdev201.zip? I
> think gpp280b.zip did include gpp.exe, in which case it is even worse that
> 281 reverted to gxx. 
> 
> How can we be expected not to confuse newbies if the names of crucial
> files change with every new release?  What am I supposed to write in the
> FAQ now? 
> 

Building DJGPP port of gcc uses internally name gxx. (As I looked it was
so already in 2.8.0). Perhaps the best could be to modify install 
script (inside file gnu/gcc-2.81/config/i386/x-go32) to rename this file