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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Release 7 of DJGPP port of fileutils 4.1
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:27:05 +0200
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"Richard Dawe" <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:3F59A8A8 DOT 2B429E8A AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk...
> Hello.
>
> bdeck wrote:
> >
> > "Richard Dawe" <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
> > news:3F5791D7 DOT EB4697A5 AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk...
> [snip]
> > > Have you replaced a 2.04 alpha build of fileutils with fileutils 4.1
> > > release 7 off DJ's site (or mirrors)? fileutils 4.1 release 7 was
built
> > > with DJGPP 2.03 and hence doesn't support symlinks.
> >
> > Drat, that explains it! Maybe the next announcement should clearly
explain
> > which DJGPP version was to used to compile the package..
>
> I think the rule is: Unless it says has been built with 2.04, you should
> assume it has been built with 2.03. 2.04 is only an alpha release, after
all.

Whose rule is that :-)?

Thanks for the info
Ben