From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jim Meyering Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Files from gnulib Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:02:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87sjwgorl4.fsf@meyering.net> References: <87oc75t4tn.fsf@meyering.net> <201101252337.15312.roucaries.bastien@gmail.com> <83hbcwxr2l.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296039826 16046 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2011 11:03:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bastien ROUCARIES , eggert@cs.ucla.edu, bug-gnulib@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnulib-bounces+gnu-bug-gnulib=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 26 12:03:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gnu-bug-gnulib@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pi3A3-0007dF-Sk for gnu-bug-gnulib@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:03:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54394 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pi3A2-0007aW-AA for gnu-bug-gnulib@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:03:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56867 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pi39I-0007Yl-7B for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:02:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pi39F-0000Je-VV for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:02:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mx.meyering.net ([82.230.74.64]:44058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pi39F-0000JE-Q3; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:02:49 -0500 Original-Received: by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister, from userid 1000) id DAC2F600E1; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:02:47 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <83hbcwxr2l.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:49:06 +0200") Original-Lines: 26 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnulib-bounces+gnu-bug-gnulib=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+gnu-bug-gnulib=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs:24952 gmane.emacs.devel:134994 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Bastien ROUCARIES >> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:37:08 +0100 >> >> (if and only if doslfn is buggy, and it does not seems according to >> a quick search). > > Your search was too quick. Considering your wish to continue supporting emacs on DOS, I would have thought you would jump at a possible solution like this. If it works (and indications are that it does), then it defines away the whole problem. Wouldn't you welcome the idea of a DOS port with no risk of 8.3 collisions? What if the solution really is as easy as it appears? Here is a recently-updated FAQ: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/what_lfn.htm.en Please give it an honest try before dismissing it. Just because someone wrote about a problem does not mean using it to build Emacs will trigger the same one. And even if it does, report it nicely and someone might even fix it right away.