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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:06:56 +0200
From: Manuel Collado <m DOT collado AT aaron DOT ls DOT fi DOT upm DOT es>
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Subject: Re: List of DJGPP packages
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Richard Dawe wrote:
> ...
> > One reason to compile a precise package list was to have the minimum
> > required information to automatically generating a minimalist dsm for
> > every distribution archive that lacks it.
> 
> Or you could generate the package list from a set of minimal DSMs for every
> package archive that lacks one... 8) I'm biased towards using DSMs, if you
> hadn't guessed. ;)

Name it as you want, but the main question is that some precise info is
needed to install a package. It must be in dsm format to use pakke, AND
in human readable format to be used as a hint about what to install. I
think we need both formats (one could be generated from the other).

> 
> [snip]
> ...
> You can install pakke using pakke. There is a section in the pakke manual on
> this. Try:
> 
>     info pakke 'How-tos' 'How to install DJGPP using pakke'
> 
> (pakke must be installed for this to work.)

From the pakke manual:

  How to install DJGPP using pakke

    1.Create a directory to contain your DJGPP installation, e.g.
      c:/djgpp. Please replace c:/djgpp with the appropriate path in the
      following steps. 
    2.Extract the pakke binary distribution into the DJGPP directory.
      ^^^^^^^ ---> How can this be done from scratch? 

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