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- From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: gcc 2.2.2d installation
- Date: 7 Sep 1992 00:37:58 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Message-ID: <18e896INN67n@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <Bu6Lv5.2EL@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Reply-To: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
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- In a previous article, eoi@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Chenmin Zhang) says:
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- >
- > I want to install gcc 2.2.2d to my hard drive. I ftp the files to
- >my local machine (har drive), and changed the names (since DOS has limitation
- >on how you name your file), and then I copied them using mtools from dos
- >to linux /usr directory. I want to rename them back to original name,
- >but linux only supports 14 char. file name and most of the file name has
- >2.2.2d (6 char. already) prefix. I checked the installation script, it
- >checks file name. So I can't arbitrarily change file name. What can I do?
- >I believe a lot of people have experience about this. BTW, I couldn't find
- >any suggestion about this is FAQ. FAQ just listed how many files you need.
- > Any suggestion will be very appreciated !
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- he he...no one's around so I'll help him!!!! *evil smile*
-
- no seriously....don't worry about the truncated names. just try and name
- them like it says in the docs. It will still work evern though they are
- cut off. if that doesn't work, then install.2.x might be corrupted by
- ^M's due to mtools or ftp. Email me if you need more help.
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- ironic?????? :)
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