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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Builds with DJGPP v2 port of GNU C/C++ compiler and utilities.
New (since 3.74) DOS-specific features:
- 1. Supports long filenames when run from DOS box on Windows 95.
+ 1. Supports long filenames when run from DOS box on Windows 9x.
2. Supports both stock DOS COMMAND.COM and Unix-style shells
(details in ``Notes'' below).
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ To build:
[Enter]. Otherwise, you need to supply the path to the source
directory as an argument to the batch file, like this:
- configure.bat c:/djgpp/gnu/make-%VERSION%
+ c:\djgpp\gnu\make-%VERSION%\configure.bat c:/djgpp/gnu/make-%VERSION%
- Note the forward slashes: you MUST use them here.
+ Note the forward slashes in the source path argument: you MUST
+ use them here.
3. If configure.bat doesn't find a working Make, it will suggest to
use the `dosbuild.bat' batch file to build Make. Either do as it
@@ -228,9 +229,9 @@ Notes:
4. Letter-case in filenames.
- If you run Make on Windows 95, you should be aware of the
+ If you run Make on Windows 9x, you should be aware of the
letter-case issue. Make is internally case-sensitive, but all
- file operations are case-insensitive on Windows 95, so
+ file operations are case-insensitive on Windows 9x, so
e.g. files `FAQ', `faq' and `Faq' all refer to the same file, as
far as Windows is concerned. The underlying DJGPP C library
functions honor the letter-case of the filenames they get from
@@ -240,8 +241,8 @@ Notes:
converted to lower case are explained in the DJGPP libc docs,
under the `_preserve_fncase' and `_lfn_gen_short_fname'
functions, but as a thumb rule, any filename that is stored in
- upper case in the directory, is a legal DOS 8+3 filename and
- doesn't include characters illegal on MSDOS FAT filesystems,
+ upper case in the directory, is a valid DOS 8+3 filename and
+ doesn't include characters invalid on MSDOS FAT filesystems,
will be automatically down-cased.) User reports that I have
indicate that this default behavior is generally what you'd
expect; however, your input is most welcome.