Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 18:41:50 +0300 (WET) From: Andris Pavenis X-Sender: pavenis AT ieva06 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Latest state of play with Windows XP In-Reply-To: <1028297350.3630.0.nnrp-07.c1ed6b28@news.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Tim Nicholson wrote: > I have been using DJGPP/RHIDE on Windows ME for ages with no problems and > then I upgraded my PC! The new box is running Windows XP (HOME EDITION). I > remember seeing several messages around Christmas time about issues and > solutions regarding XP but did not pay too much attention as I was not > planning to upgrade at that time. > > Anyway, I have downloaded the latest set of zips from DJ's zip picker, made > a new djgpp folder and unzipped all the files into it just like the > readme.1st says I should. I then set up the environment variables and paths > and tried to test it - Alas, problems... > > 1) Rhide will not compile any thing, it claims that the command is too long Get 1.5pre from http://rhide.sourceforge.net/snapshots if You still have 1.4.X > 2) Bash seems to switch from long filenames to short filenames after a > command such as ls Get bash (and maybe some other package, I don't know ...) from http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/mail.html Andris