In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Theo Markettos wrote: > On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 02:26:33AM +0100, John Tytgat wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Theo Markettos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [1] This avoids any problems with it spontaneously being renamed > > > when unpacked - so at least it can get as far as reporting that > > > the FS needs longer filenames without stumbling into that problem > > > itself. > > > > I'm afraid I fail to understand the last paragraph. The current > > !Boot/!Run obey files won't notice or be bothered if the application > > directory gets truncated to 10 characters or even less as they will > > simply setup a couple of fixed system variables based on the current > > Obey$Dir contents. > > Imagine if you unpack something to a 10-char medium [snip] Then > you take it to a 256-char machine. [snip] > but I thought I'd bring it up just so that that particular corner case
It's useful to think about such things, but for this situation the corner case really does seem to be quite contrived. In addition, I think the extra "s" in !SharedLibs is actually significant, meaningful and has the potential to avoid misunderstandings. Overall, !SharedLibs seems preferable to !SharedLib. Cheers, Adam -- Adam Richardson Carpe Diem http://www.snowstone.org.uk/riscos/ _______________________________________________ GCCSDK mailing list gcc@gccsdk.riscos.info Bugzilla: http://www.riscos.info/bugzilla/index.cgi List Info: http://www.riscos.info/mailman/listinfo/gcc Main Page: http://www.riscos.info/index.php/GCCSDK
