Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 08:13:55 -0500
Message-Id: <199611091313.IAA06479@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199611090739.UAA04820@papaioea.manawatu.gen.nz>
	(malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz)
Subject: Re: Why not to use 'tar' before packing DJGPP?


> You could put the compression straight into the installer itself, and 
> hence enable the use of tar or something else without anyone having 
> to be too troubled by it.

As long as the underlying format is extractable with common tools,
else they can't be checked for viruses.