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Re: Files from gnulib


From: Bastien ROUCARIES
Subject: Re: Files from gnulib
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:31:04 +0100
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Le mercredi 26 janvier 2011 15:35:52, Andy Moreton a écrit :
> On Wed 26 Jan 2011, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> > Therefore since 2001 (creation of doslfn), 8.3 name problem should not
> > exist.
> > 
> > Instead of tackling the main problem lack of 8.3 support and use the
> > new api, you are stick in the 90's.
> 
> It seems odd to me that the developers of a GNU library fight so
> hard to avoid their code being portable. The gnulib manual [1] says:
> 
>   Gnulib is useful to enhance various aspects of a package:
> 
>     * Portability: With Gnulib, a package maintainer can program
>       against the POSIX and GNU libc APIs and nevertheless expect good
>       portability to platforms that don't implement POSIX.
> 
>     * Maintainability: When a package uses modules from Gnulib instead
>       of code written specifically for that package, the maintainer has
>       less code to maintain.
> 
> It seems that manual promotes exactly the features that Eli needs.
> 
>     AndyM

8.3 limitation is really of another age, and could be lifted on dos is doslfn 
is fixed. DJGPP need dpmi adding a prerequist of 
doslfn is not so hard in order to compile (not run) emacs.

Bastien



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