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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:34:28 -0400
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Subject: mingw utilties question
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I've been meaning to ask if there are reliable mingw versions of tar.exe
and gzip.exe that could be used in setup.exe.  I tried downloading a gzip.exe
but it kept dying with pipe errors.  I couldn't find a non-cygwin tar anywhere.

Anyone have any pointers?

cgf