Re: LYNX-DEV One more footnote on getting lynx.exe to work under Windows

[Wayne Buttles]

On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, T.E.Dickey wrote:

> > > I hereby nominate `#define FNAMES_8_3' for inclusion in the configure
> > > script used by lynx, and request that the configure script _test_ for
> > > `cygwin' in the system name that it gets when it starts up.
> > 
> > Why the heck would you want to limit yourself to 8.3 under a operating
> > system that supports LFNs?
> the same reason why autoconf has a test for "long filenames" (e.g., > 14)
> on *nix boxes: there are boxes where you may build/install a program
> that have old filesystems.

But this is saying I want to limit myself and all other cygwin people by
default.  I just wanted to make sure that was really desired. 

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