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from: Matthias Paul
date: 2004-03-14 06:04:56
subject: Re: FYI: JP Software removed support for startup option /Y in 4DOS

From: Matthias Paul 

On 2004-03-13, DJ Delorie wrote:

Hi DJ and all,

>> [Somehow, the mail seems to have vanished on it's way into
>> the list, so I am resending it.]
>
> This is the second copy I've seen.

Sorry for wasting bandwidth with the double post, then. As it
looks now, the problem must have been on the downlink from the
list back to me...
The original message was CC:ed into the FreeDOS user list as well,
but I could still not find it in the digests there after a couple
of days, so I assumed the problem was on the uplink side.

BTW. Support for 4DOS /Y must have been removed even before 4.50
build 123. I just tried build 100 and it didn't seem to work there
any more already (unless I'm doing something wrong). I remember I
also tested it with the initial release of 4.50 when it was released
and then it still worked. Anyone here using a build before 100,
so we can narrow down when exactly support for /Y has been removed?
(All you'd need to test is if either the F7 or F8 single-stepping mode
is propagated to 4DOS when it loads, so that the batch file debugger
gets invoked for AUTOEXEC.BAT.)

Greetings,

 Matthias

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