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> > Does ``installing DJGPP with just zippo'' really requires DSM files?
> > What Bad Things (tm) would happen if zippo would simply unzip the
> > archive files?
> 
> I guess it doesn't really require zippo. I don't think anything bad will
> happen. But zippo knows the dependencies (from the DSMs), so it knows what
> order to install the packages in.

I may have missed a few messages but I have some comments. Now, how
would the order of installation matter? AFAIK, there isn't a package
which requires to be installed in some *order*. Can you quote an
example?