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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:16:53 -0500
To:	cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: Installation Routine
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In-Reply-To:	<20000225053004.A11333@shell4.ba.best.com>; from glenn@gs.fay.nc.us on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 05:30:04AM -0500

On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 05:30:04AM -0500, Glenn Spell wrote:
>On 25 Feb 2000 around 10:47AM (+0100) Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
>> > Is there any chance of using bzip2 in place of gzip?
>>
>> I wouldn't do that. As it is mentioned often in the cygwin base
>> mailing list, Netscape Navigator is able to mess up bzip2ed files
>> when downloading.
>
>Yes, but Navigator is just as able to mess up gzipped files served
>via http if the webserver is not configured properly for the file
>extension.

Actually, I thought it was IE that messed up .bz2 files.

Regardless, you don't have to give the files a .bz2 extension, necessarily.
The only problem with that is that you run the risk of confusing people
who download individual packages.

I really appreciate your working on this Ron!

cgf

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