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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:20:05 -0500
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Subject: Re: net release/installer status?
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In-Reply-To: <stnfOPWuw797O5ZJMYLDGZriQrVa@4ax.com>; from m.ring@ndh.net on Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:18:19AM +0200

On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:18:19AM +0200, Michael Ring wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:22:56 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>I'd like to make a net release very soon.  Has anyone tried Robert's
>>installer?  Are there other outstanding issues?
>>
>
>Do you think you can find the time to think about a rpm-based
>installation?  (Or better : to try it out ;-) )

We've already discussed what we're going to do for this next release.
It's not going to be .rpm, currently.

>Even if you choose not to use rpm, you should definitely consider to
>eliminate duplicate files in your .tar.gz files.  I will be glad to
>help in the process.

I'm not sure what you consider to be a "duplicate" file.  The files should
all be the same and should be installed in the same location.

If they aren't please post the differences so that we can analyze what
is going on.

cgf