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Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:37:53 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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To:	djgpp workers list <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Another wrong way to unzip DJGPP found
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Hello, gang

In an email discussion with someone who reported problems with
INFO (Subject was 'INFO usage in README.1st' or so), it finally
turned out that the root of the problem was yet another supposedly
clever trick pulled by un unzipping program which didn't work out.

The poster had used a program called 'Aladdin Expander' to unpack DJGPP. 
First off, it unzipped each package into its own subdirectory, by default,
just like WinZip likes to do it. After that was fixed, 'info' still
couldn't find the %DJDIR%/info/dir file, much to my surprise. 

It was then found that this unpacker automatically *renames* directories
whenever a directory of that already exists. I.e. you get 'info', 'info1',
'info2', etc. directories, in %DJDIR%, instead of a single one. 

Maybe this will have to be added to README.1st as another possible gotcha
to watch out for. 

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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