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Removing support for DJGPP < 2.02

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18230 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 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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