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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 17:38:27 -0700
From: Daniel TAUPIN <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: stubify versus coff2exe
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Daniel TAUPIN wrote:
> 
> > Now, there is coff2exe.bat, but I do not sie -s option to force the
> > inclusion of the go32.exe, and I do not find any relevant info about
> > that in the new INFO directory.
> >
> > ==> How can I for inclusion of the good go32 in the V2 version?
> 
> You can't.  This functionality is not supported in v2, sorry.  The
> alternative DPMI host PMODE/DJ has such an option, but since PMODE
> doesn't support virtual memory, it cannot serve as a general-purpose
> replacement for CWSDPMI (IMHO).
> 
> Personally, I think that this is not such a big problem, since there are
> a lot of DPMI hosts out there (e.g., any kind of Windows) which will all
> do.

 My viewpoint is definitely opposite: when I provide somebody with an
*.exe file,
it MUST work whatever the config he hase, especially if he as some
obsolete DOS, some obsolete WINDOWS, some obsolete processor, provided
it is a 386 or more.



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