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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:38:28 -0400
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That's one good reason (and one of which I was not aware!).  Another is
the CR/LF conversion, which is controlable but isn't set by default
(please, no arguments about whether this should or shouldn't work and
what is the "proper" default).  Another is WinZip doesn't know about
symlinks and *may* cause problems.  I'm sure there are other issues
as well.  It all depends on how you like to work but if you want to 
avoid troubles with unpacking tar-balls, the like facilities that 
created them are available (via Cygwin) and work so you'll generally
see less trouble if you use them instead of some generic Windows 
tool.

Larry

Original Message:
-----------------
I observed that my WinZip does not extract files of zero length. Some of these
files are used to trigger rules in make files, or serve simply as time stamps.
As a consequence, the build process does not work as it should. I never saw an
option to control that behavior.

Ian Zimmerman wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hall <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
> To: Scott Smith <ssmith AT magnet DOT fsu DOT edu>; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 6:58 AM
> Subject: Re: texinfo install
>
> >Good point and one which Mumit has made in the past.  In general, if you
> >expect to be able to build these source distributions from a tar ball,
> >DON'T USE WINZIP TO UNPACK THEM!  If you insist on doing so, you do so at
> >your own risk!  Its a painful lesson to learn when you learn it
> yourself!:-)
> >
>
> But WHY?  Sorry, I understand that I'm taking your time to ask a
> low-priority problem, but I can never be satisfied with answers of the type
> "just do this, it works".  What is it that WinZip screws up?  Is it the
> CR/LF conversion?  I turned that off.
> --
> Ian Zimmerman
> Lightbinders, Inc.
> 2325 3rd Street #324
> San Francisco, California 94107
>
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Charles-Antoine Gauthier
Research Officer
Software Engineering Group
Institute for Information Technology
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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