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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:13:15 -0800
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From: Matt Lewandowsky <matt DOT l AT techie DOT com>
Subject: Re: GNU Software for MS-Windows and MS-DOS
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At 00.51 11/17/2000, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
<SNIPPED>
 >    c. Will it allow long filenames?

Yes.


Shouldn't that say "Yes, on platforms which support it"? Sorry,
nitpicking there.

 >    d. Will it allow long command lines?

Yes.


More nitpicking: Same as above.

To support all these (and other) features adequately on every OS, the
CD actually has 2 ports of each package: the DJGPP port and the Cygwin
port.  The former should be used on DOS, Windows 9X/ME, and DOS
emulators such as OS/2 and DOSEmu, the latter on native MS-Windows
from Windows 95 and up.
<SNIPPED REST>

Here's my real reason for replying: Will there be Mingw ports? If not,
why? Is Mingw not approved by the FSF due to its dependence on MS libs?
Just curiosity. All 3 have their own distinct advantages. And, so, I
have all 3. (Wish I didn't need to, but... It _is_ kinda cool to have 3
different gcc versions compiling at once. That impresses the geekiest
of friends... ;)


Anyway, good answer (as always). ;) Sometimes, I wonder how you can
find out so much info and still have time for posting... OK, it's now
1am. I should sleep now and quit filling the group with nonsense. ;)

- --Matt

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