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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).

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org

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