Date:	Sun, 13 Oct 1996 15:05:40 -0400
Message-Id:	<199610131905.PAA02879@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<Pine.NEB.3.95.961013205543.5686K-100000@ananke.amu.edu.pl>
	(message from Mark Habersack on Sun, 13 Oct 1996 21:00:41 +0200 (MET
	DST))
Subject:	Re: Install thingy

>   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.

>   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.

>   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
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.

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