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Re: Files from gnulib
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Bastien ROUCARIES |
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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
- Re: Files from gnulib, (continued)
- Re: Files from gnulib, Bastien ROUCARIES, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Bastien ROUCARIES, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Bastien ROUCARIES, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Bastien ROUCARIES, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Andy Moreton, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib,
Bastien ROUCARIES <=
- Re: Files from gnulib, Miles Bader, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/26
- Re: Files from gnulib, Simon Josefsson, 2011/01/27
- Re: Files from gnulib, Paul Eggert, 2011/01/28
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- Re: RE : Re: Files from gnulib, Miles Bader, 2011/01/25
- Re: RE : Re: Files from gnulib, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/01/26
- Re: RE : Re: Files from gnulib, Dan Nicolaescu, 2011/01/26
- Re: RE : Re: Files from gnulib, Stefan Monnier, 2011/01/26
- Re: RE : Re: Files from gnulib, Dan Nicolaescu, 2011/01/26
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- Re: RE : Re: Files from gnulib, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/25