From: Martin Stromberg Message-Id: <200211260826.JAA09748@lws256.lu.erisoft.se> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Updates for readme.1st To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:26:46 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: from "Richard Dawe" at Nov 25, 2002 07:58:05 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > Index: readme.1st > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/djgpp/djgpp/readme.1st,v > retrieving revision 1.18 > diff -p -u -3 -r1.18 readme.1st > +A 'long file name' or 'long directory name' has path components that > +are longer than 8 characters in the portion before the extension > +and longer than 3 characters in the extension. A long file name may > +also have multiple extensions and contain some characters that are > +illegal in short file names (e.g.: spaces). Why not remove "e.g." and add the other characters that became valid (they aren't so many)? > +If you are upgrading from version 2.00 through 2.02 of DJGPP > +on Windows 2000 or XP, you should reinstall all the DJGPP packages. > +The DJGPP packages were rebuilt with a later version of DJGPP, > +to support Windows 2000 and XP. Programs built with version 2.02 > +are likely to fail on Windows 2000 and XP. Is that really exactly 2.02 or earlier as well? Right, MartinS