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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 11:11:29
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT net>
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Testing DJGPP Installation
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 07:06 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:

>> How do I detect whether DJGPP is installed in a user's computer
>> *reliably*?
>
>There is no 100% reliable way to do so.........................

John:

Unless you are being extremely literal with the "100%" what's wrong with
these tests????:

1. Run go32-v2
2. Run DJVERIFY
and after those tests turn out right you want to push up toward the "100%"
sureness level---
3. Make Allegro

Of course as far as I am concerned, DJVERIFY alone is enough (although I'm
not sure what you mean by "100%" -- Are you referring to Pascal, FORTRAN,
C++ et al.?)

I'm not picking nits here--I'm just trying to find out why you said "There
is no 100% reliable way [to detect whether DJGPP is installed in a user's
computer reliably]"

Regards,

Ralph