Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/05/12/13:40:57
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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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