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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1996-04-13 19:14:07 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1996-04-13 19:14:07 +0000 |
commit | 31276893119488a14285dd60f71bd18fa50a6ad5 (patch) | |
tree | a7e7d7bc2d2ddd45dd84227b6c13966dadd77a61 /INSTALL | |
parent | b0bc7f31ebe1d5b9618fac1542669adcbf234adf (diff) | |
download | emacs-31276893119488a14285dd60f71bd18fa50a6ad5.tar.gz |
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@@ -514,11 +514,23 @@ To install on MSDOG, you need to have the GNU C compiler for MSDOG remarks in config.bat for more information about locations and versions. +If you are compiling on an MSDOG-like system which has long file +names, you may need to do `SET LFN=y' for some of the commands, +especially the compilation commands. It might be more convenient to +unpack the Emacs distribution with djtar, which comes with djgpp; +djtar truncates file names to 8.3 naming as it extracts files, even if +the system allows long file names, and this ensures that build +procedures designed for 8.3 file names still work. Use as in `djtar x +foo.tar' or `djtar x foo.tgz'. + Some users report that running Emacs 19.29 requires dpmi memory management. We do not know why this is so, since 19.28 did not need -it. If we find out what change introduced this requirement, we will -try to eliminate it. It is possible that this problem happens only -when there is not enough physical memory on the machine. +it. If we find out what change introduced this requirement, we may +try to eliminate it. ("May" because perhaps djgpp version 2's +improved dpmi handling means this is no longer a problem.) + +It is possible that this problem happens only when there is not enough +physical memory on the machine. You can find out if you have a dpmi host by running go32 (part of djgpp) without arguments; it will tell you if it uses dpmi memory. |