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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 15:31:17 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Fileutils 4.0 port and ginstall
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Hello.

Tim Van Holder wrote:
> 
> > Can I assume that a non-MZ file is a batch file in the outer else
> >  clause?
> I don't think so, unless the if statement is only used if -m is passed a
> mode with an executable bit set.
> Otherwise
>         ginstall ABOUT-NLS /dev/env/DJDIR/share/locale/ABOUT-NLS
> would create ABOUT-NLS.bat, wouldn't it?

Sorry, I missed out something vital in my pseudo-code (doh). See my other
mail.

> I expect the fix is mainly needed for automake and friends, so when they
> build 'program' as main target, they can install 'program' and ginstall
> will make sure this arrives as 'program.exe' if applicable.  Then again,
> AC_EXEEXT should really be added to configure.in when porting to DOS
> (but then you hit the 'DJGPP maintainers shouldn't need
> autoconf/automake' axiom again).

You might want the program to be executable from command.com too, once
installed. Unless it's program.(exe|com|bat), command.com won't find it.

> FYI, a new fileutils should be released soon (its release is being
> delayed mainly because the maintainers are waiting for autoconf 2.50 to
> be released).

Yeah, I'm on Jim Meyering's announcement list for Fileutils. I briefly
looked at it last year, but hit problems with 'depcomp' and bash 2.03. I
think 'depcomp' works OK with bash 2.04 though. Since I think the 4.0 port
is 95% done, I want to finish it, before I look at 4.1. I hope to look at
4.1 before it's released, so I can get DJGPP changes into the actual
sources, rather than as a patch supplied with the DJGPP port, but time
will tell.

Bye, Rich =]

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