From: leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com (Marty Leisner) Subject: Re: GNU-Win32 distribution question 11 May 1998 20:52:05 -0700 Message-ID: <9805111906.AA29658.cygnus.gnu-win32@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> References: <199805110442 DOT VAA09993 AT rtl DOT cygnus DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Geoffrey Noer Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I would like: 1) smaller packages (rather than the all-in-one approach) 2) compressed tar files of the tree...once its in that format, it shouldn't be too hard to give both install-sheilds and tars... I've seen commercial Unix vendors saying: 1) Log on as root 2) follow these steps (installing software into /usr/bin). When I see this, its a good sign to find some other vendor. Windows install procedures seem to be developed by these miscreants (installing all types of .dlls into a common windows directory, with no hint what's going on). I like the way djgpp is arranged...although its a lot of zip files I don't have to deal with the whole megillah if I want a few programs... I also can install it on a Linux system, and get at everything from a samba mount point... -- marty leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com The Feynman problem solving Algorithm 1) Write down the problem 2) Think real hard 3) Write down the answer Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".