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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 20:59:36 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: pakke usage
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Hello.

CBFalconer wrote:
> 
> Andrew Cottrell wrote:
> >
> > ..snip..
> > > > [1] c:\djgpp>pakke -i -v grep24b.zip
> >
> > ..snip..
> > > > grep24b.zip: 'grep24b.zip' does not contain a DSM
> > > > Error: Unable to parse DSM!
> >
> > Grab the grep 2.5.1 from the alpha 1 release as it does contain a dsm.
> 
> OK, that will probably handle that particular problem, but what
> about in general?  The file listings I showed had a dsm for
> grep24.  Why doesn't pakke use it?

pakke doesn't use the DSM, because you didn't use the DSM to install grep 2.4.
If you don't use pakke to install a package, you can use --syncdb to make it
try to match a DSM to the package. See:

    info pakke synchronising

Also, it would be better to send user-level questions to comp.os.msdos.djgpp
or pakke-workers AT yahoogroups DOT com (or both). comp.os.msdos.djgpp is probably
better, because then other DJGPP users may be able to help you (and it raises
the profile of pakke ;) ).

Bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]