Re: Files from gnulib

[Bastien ROUCARIES]

Le mercredi 26 janvier 2011 12:02:47, Jim Meyering a écrit :
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> From: Bastien ROUCARIES <address@hidden>
> >> 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. 

Know bug list is pretty short note

> 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.

Moreover freedos seems to use routinly doslfn. So it is a least a little bit 
tested.

Bastien