From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan) Subject: WinZip [Re: Egcs 1.1 having trouble with 'typename'?] 24 Sep 1998 00:20:27 -0700 Message-ID: References: <71Kuu0hppfB AT mike DOT franken DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com On 22 Sep 1998, Michael Hirmke wrote: > Hi Michael, > > [...] > >>Winzip by default also handles .gz und .tgz files - so if one isn't > >>aware, that he better should use tar und gzip and only double clicks > >>your archive, ... > >Mhmm, didn't Mumit mean that? > > He said: > "I distribute .tar.gz, instead of .zip, to avoid such issues" ??? > > Which issues, when WinZIP can deal with .tar.gz ? > Let's end this discussion please. Here's my stance: The *only* supported installation method is documented rather explicitly in the INSTALL file that the user is supposed to read; any other method to unpack, such as using WinZip (or your toaster, swiss army knife, whatnot), is unsupported and you're on your own. I have neither the time nor inclination to figure out what various WinZip options, or the correct version number, to do the right thing for .tar.gz archive with hard- and sym-links in them. Regards, Mumit - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".