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Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:49:09 +0200
From:	Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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CC:	Zippo Workers <zippo-workers AT onelist DOT com>
Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCE: Bison 1.28 ported to DJGPP
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> Not really. I haven't looked into the 'installer' programs that others
> have been writing for DJGPP. That would have to be the place for this kind
> of things to be implemented.

Yes.

> The limitation that exists is the fact that currently DJGPP installation
> packages are really just .zip files, and that there is no tool on whose
> presence we could rely on every user's system to carry out file
> modifications from the automatic execution .bat file you can (!) store in
> a .zip file.

Zippo, once finished, should be common on every system. Since it will
have some built-in scripting capability, it is OK for this task.

I suggest do it as follows: each package provides its own part of
configuration file, and on every installation/deinstallation the
main djgpp.env should be concatenated from all those parts.

Laurynas Biveinis

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