Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:30:18 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Another wrong way to unzip DJGPP found
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On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> 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. 

It seems to me that a single rarely-used unpacker is not a reason good 
enough to mention it in README.1ST.  There's a general warning there to 
make sure the files are unzipped into the same directory tree.

But I will certainly add this to the FAQ, thanks for investigating this.

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