From: raf AT comdyn DOT com DOT au (raf)
Subject: Re: Cygnus b19 gcc and Mingw32
10 Mar 1998 23:35:11 -0800
Message-ID: <199803110028.LAA01202.cygnus.gnu-win32@mali.comdyn.com.au>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

>cgf:
>Sorry about this.  My ISP is claiming that I shouldn't be using .gz
>formats on my files but should be using some standard format like
>.zip.  Files ending in .gz are misidentified by their HTTP server.

>I will probably do that soon, but in the mean time, I'm trying various
>routes to see if they will fix the problem.

>If anyone would like to offer suggestions to the webmaster AT tiac DOT net on
>how to solve this problem, feel free.

ok, i just sent them my 2c worth.
gzip not a standard indeed!
what planet did they come from :-?

do you think renaming the file to cygwinb19-dll.gz could help?
or (until your isp gets its act together) rename it to
cygwinb19-dll.zip and mention the need to rename it upon download?


seeya,
raf

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