From: Wolfgang DOT Glas AT hfm DOT tu-graz DOT ac DOT at (Wolfgang Glas)
Subject: Please supply a 'full.tar.gz' or full.zip' distribution.
26 Jan 1999 15:24:32 -0800
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Hi there !

  I'm getting more and more fascinated by CygWin32 every day. A great
tool. I ported even non-trivial C++-programs from my SGI to NT and
everything works fine.

  I'm mail now, because I had some serious problems with the full.exe
distribution, which does not install on my NT box. (NT 4.0 SP3 german)
It seems as there are long stnding bugs in the self-extracting stuff.
(I think full.exe uses InstallShield) In the mailing list, there are
many reactions of users with similar experiences, so it would be the
best tro supply a simple zipped version of the cygnus directory tree for
those users who can't unpack full.exe.

  I know, that such a distribution itself has the problem of beine
operating-system-dependant, but it seems to be the only reasonable
workaround for the problems with 'full.exe'. I'd prefer a file
'full.tar.gz' or 'full.tar.bzip2' because I'm a long term UNIX user.
A good solution may also be a 'full.zip' file, which works fine for most
Windows users too.

  Thanks for thinking about my mailing,

    With best regards,

      Wolfgang Glas

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A-8010 Graz                                     Fax:  ++43/316/873/7577

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