Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:06:41 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	Mark Habersack <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To:	grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
cc:	djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	ANNOUNCE: DJGPP installer 1.00beta
Message-ID:	<Pine.BSI.3.95.970407175752.9331B-100000@hoth.amu.edu.pl>
Organization:	PPP (Pesticide Powered Pumpkins)
MIME-Version:	1.0

This is to announce that I have uploaded the DJGPP installer 1.00beta to
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/incoming directory. The installer has been uploaded
as an SFX ZIP which decompresses into three files: djinst.exe, install.dat
and djinst.zip. After that you should run djinst.exe which will install
the sources to contrib/ subdirectory of selected dir (c:/djgpp by
default). The installer makes use of bison and flex tools, so to compile
it from scratch you will need these from the DJGPP 2.01 distribution. I
have included compiled versions of parser and lexer for your convenience.

Features of the installer include:

  * Nice windowed UI
  * Simple script language
  * Internal (fast) support for ZIP decompression
  * Display of formatted (actually colored) text during and after the
    installation
  * full progress report
 
The installer has been compiled and tested under the following systems:

  * Caldera OpenDOS
  * M$-DOG 6.xx
  * M$-DOG 7.00 (Win95 w/o GUI)
  * Win95 DOS Box

I was unable to test it under DOSEMU with Linux but I suspect it *might
not* work in that environment!

I will appreciate any feedback and comments as well as all bug reports.
Thanks!

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