Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 93 10:01:58 -0500
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To:	A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs1 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk
Cc:	DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Overlong Gnu C archive files

>   1474560 Jun  1 12:30 gas211sr.tgz.000 gas-2.1.1.tar.z (part 000)
>    232171 Jun  1 12:32 gas211sr.tgz.001 gas-2.1.1.tar.z (part 001)

>   1474560 Jun  1 13:31 gcc241sr.tgz.000 gcc-2.4.1.tar.z (part 000)
>   1474560 Jun  1 13:42 gcc241sr.tgz.001 gcc-2.4.1.tar.z (part 001)
>   1474560 Jun  1 13:53 gcc241sr.tgz.002 gcc-2.4.1.tar.z (part 002)
>   1074973 Jun  1 14:06 gcc241sr.tgz.003 gcc-2.4.1.tar.z (part 003)

The correct sequence for unpacking these files is as follows (assuming
the files were renamed on FTP to gcc241sr.000...):

	merge gcc241sr gcc241sr.tgz
	gunzip gcc241sr.tgz
	djtarx gcc241sr.tar

In 1.11, they will be distributed as multiple .zip files.

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