Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:52:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk
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Subject: Re: How to locate djgpp.env?
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On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, George Foot wrote:

>     [tar]
>     +TARTMP=%TMPDIR%
>     TMPDIR=%TARTMP%

I don't like the idea of introducing gratuitous new features into
existing programs.  TARTMP is a variable that is not part of Tar
functionality on other platforms, and IMHO, it's a bad idea to have a
program behave differently on different platforms.