Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 21:00:41 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Install thingy
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On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>I believe this is the same solution that djverify chose.  Feel free to
>use a custom stub with lengthy descriptive error messages and extra
>machine checks.
I'll do so, then.
Now I have some questions:

  1. Should I take into account a possibility that DJGPP will be installed
     from floppies?  This would require reorganizing the layout of files and  
     also splitting some of them
  2. Can I assume that all .zip files are packed using the Deflate algorithm?
     I use zlib 1.04 to decompress them and this version supports only
     Deflate.
  3. What structure of packages should I assume when DJGPP is being installed
     from CD/HDD.  I imagine that there would be a need to create separate
     data files for each of these scenarios. Will the packages be stored in
     the same structure as on SimTel sites or just in one common directory? 

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