Date:	Sun, 13 Oct 1996 21:54:15 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To:	grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Install thingy
In-Reply-To:	<199610131905.PAA02879@delorie.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.NEB.3.95.961013214938.5923A-100000@ananke.amu.edu.pl>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>>   1. Should I take into account a possibility that DJGPP will be installed
>>      from floppies?  This would require reorganizing the layout of files and  
>>      also splitting some of them
>
>I see no reason not to allow that, since not everyone has a cd-rom
>drive.  I don't know who will be *creating* the floppies, though.
I'll write a utility to pack the zips to floppies and split them if necessary.

>>   2. Can I assume that all .zip files are packed using the Deflate algorithm?
>>      I use zlib 1.04 to decompress them and this version supports only
>>      Deflate.
>
>I can't guarantee what format infozip will use.
If it's the matter of infozip only, and you're always using ZIP, then it's ok
- infozip say that they gonna stick to Deflate and use zlib in all their
products. So as long as I use zlib and you're packing with ZIP - everything's
cool. BTW. Does anyone have a newest specification of (PK)ZIP file format? I'm
using the spec from v1.0 of PKZIP so it's a bit out of date. I need the specs
to write an interface between .zip files and zlib.

>>   3. What structure of packages should I assume when DJGPP is being installed
>>      from CD/HDD.  I imagine that there would be a need to create separate
>>      data files for each of these scenarios. Will the packages be stored in
>>      the same structure as on SimTel sites or just in one common directory? 
>
>I haven't decided yet, but the CD-ROM I'm thinking of doing will be
>pre-installed, so you only have to set your PATH and DJGPP variables
Then should I provide an option to install DJGPP for CD-only usage?

>to point directly at the CD-ROM.  It will have the zips on it also,
>probably in the simtel structure, since simtel has more in it than my
>hard drive.
OK.

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