Installation Update (Was Re: [Mingw-users] Re: ANNOUCE: MinGW-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, binutils-2.11.90)

[Paul G. <pga...@qw...>]

Hi folks,

	Just did some checking.

On 10 Jun 2001, at 13:50, the Illustrious Paul Garceau wrote:

> 
> 
> On 10 Jun 2001, at 16:28, the Illustrious Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> > Javier González wrote:
> > > 
> > > Ok, I give up
> > > Maybe it is my OS that is Windows95...
> > > the only thing i know is that older package works for me and this
> > > doesnt oh well, bad luck for me
> > > 
> > 
> > Well, I hope it's not that bad.  I do have a Win95 at home but I doubt
> > that I can get it loaded onto the HD.  I'll see if I can play with it
> > but it may take a couple of weeks (months).

	Actually, you could just change your main mingw directory name to 
something shorter than mingw32 or gcc-2.95.2.

	I tried both on the Win95 box I have here (as noted below), and when I 
used "mingw32" or "gcc-2.95.2" I managed to break the path.  This is a 
limitation of the Win95 OS.

	Two options (workarounds), rename your old mingw directory to 
something like "mingw" or do a fresh install to a new directory which 
has a name shorter than eight characters.

	I should also note that I am starting Mingw (under Win95) using a .pif 
file which invokes a .bat file, which in turn sets up the ms-dos 
working environment.  My .bat file sets

	PATH "c:\mingw\bin";%PATH%


	Peace,

		Paul G.


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