Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:52:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: I am very confused, please help me.
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Nimrod A. Abing wrote:

> >No, please do NOT use WinZip for that!
> >
> >The DJGPP documentation specifically warns _against_ using WinZip (see 
> >Chapter 1 in the FAQ), because WinZip could cause grave problems due to 
> >the fact that it doesn't always preserve the directory structure 
> >recorded in the zip files, and also commits other atrocities against the 
> >files it unpacks.
> 
> I've been using WinZip 7.0 for unzipping all of my DJGPP packages (before I
> wrote my own unzip program). Everything goes fine for me.

Granted, given a correct setup and care when invoking WinZip, you can get 
it to do The Right Thing.  But experience shows that many people are 
bitten by the gotchas, some of them very tricky to debug.  See the 
archives of this group for many examples.

> Hmmm. Then again, maybe I haven't encountered such problems just yet. So
> could you please explain this further?

I think the FAQ explains it.