Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/03/19/07:38:49
DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
> > Would it really be hard to have each package stored in more than one
> > format, such as a regular gzip'd/bzip2'd tarball for Linuxians, a
> > PkZip-compatible .zip for Microsoftians, etc.?
>
> First off, I don't produce *every* zip in djgpp. Many are contributed
> by others.
>
> Second, djgpp is currently (quick typing) 288Mb. Supporting multiple
> formats is NOT an option, just because of disk space.
>
> The only format I'd consider switching to is .tar.gz, which djtar can
> unpack, but even then we'd have to provide a 16-bit version of djtar
> that supports LFNs,
Why a 16 bits version? There are a gzip uncompressor for 16 bits and tar
unpacker too, people having a 286 and wanting to unpack something can use it.
People with a 386 can use djtar. Windows fanatic uses WinZip and it supports
.tar.gz.
> since tgz isn't a standard format in dos/windows.
Is slowly becoming an standard for Win32 because WinZip supports it. I saw at
least one thing switching from .zip to .tar.gz because of this.
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