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Removing support for DJGPP < 2.02

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-emacs <bug-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Removing support for DJGPP < 2.02
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:33:02 +0100

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Given that DJGPP 2.02 was released in 1998, may I remove the two files
which are added to support earlier releases, that is:

msdos/is_exec.c
msdos/sigaction.c

? They come with a licensing exception, its explanation, and notes in other
files (e.g. admin/notes/copyright) that maintainers not concerned with the
MS-DOS port may have to read. This therefore removes a small bit of
unnecessary clutter. My patch touches the following files:

admin/authors.el
admin/notes/copyright
etc/PROBLEMS (the problems no longer exist!)
make-dist
msdos/INSTALL
msdos/README

as well as the two removed files. No code (other than make-dist) is
affected, as the method of using them was entirely reliant on manual
intervention (the instructions said to compile and link the files into the
Emacs executable).

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Message #8 received at 18230 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 18230 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18230: Removing support for DJGPP < 2.02
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:39:55 +0300

> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:33:02 +0100
> From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
> 
> Given that DJGPP 2.02 was released in 1998, may I remove the two files
> which are added to support earlier releases, that is:
> 
> msdos/is_exec.c
> msdos/sigaction.c

OK.  But if we are dropping v2.01, please also remove the code in
msdos.c and dosfns.c, and also in msdos/sed2v2.inp, that caters to
v2.01 and older versions.

We should also mention in msdos/INSTALL than only version 2.02 and
later are supported.

Finally, config.bat should have its test of the DJGPP version updated
to fail v2.01 and older versions.

TIA

Message #11 received at 18230 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18230 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18230: Removing support for DJGPP < 2.02
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 15:42:16 +0100

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On 9 August 2014 15:39, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:33:02 +0100
> > From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
> >
> > Given that DJGPP 2.02 was released in 1998, may I remove the two files
> > which are added to support earlier releases, that is:
> >
> > msdos/is_exec.c
> > msdos/sigaction.c
>
> OK.  But if we are dropping v2.01, please also remove the code in
> msdos.c and dosfns.c, and also in msdos/sed2v2.inp, that caters to
> v2.01 and older versions.
>

Sorry, I had spotted that, but read a "<" as a "<=", so was intending to
address it separately. I'll address it in the same patch.


> We should also mention in msdos/INSTALL than only version 2.02 and
> later are supported.
>

Will do.


> Finally, config.bat should have its test of the DJGPP version updated
> to fail v2.01 and older versions.
>

I shall see to it.

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Message #16 received at 18230-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18230-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18230: Removing support for DJGPP < 2.02
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:17:26 +0100

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I've installed this as r117672. Closing the bug.

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