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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:39:40 -0500
Message-Id: <200312311939.hBVJde5S010913@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: [keesan AT cyberspace DOT org: pkzip and readme.1st]
Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com


Anyone want to take this one?  I think we should just say to use
unzip32 and forget about all the other unzips; each has some gotcha or
another.

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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:05:34 -0500
To: dj AT delorie DOT com
X-URL: mailto:dj AT delorie DOT com
X-Personal_Name: : sindi keesan
From: keesan AT cyberspace DOT org
Subject: pkzip and readme.1st

Readme.1st for djgpp says to unzip with a 'recent version' of pkunzip or
another program that does not support long file names such as unzip32.exe. 
We tried with pkunzip and it did not work unzip32.exe did work.  Our
pkunzip is 2.04g.  The date is 2001. The most recent version of pkunzip is
2.50 and it DOES support long file names (when used in a Windows DOS box).
Please specify in readme.1st WHICH version of pkzip will work.  We wasted
a few hours figuring this out.  The older pkzip is free and it is what a
lot of people will still be using.  The new one is $47. 


The instructions for installation are in readme.dj, which your zip picker
program did not list as required.  Readme.1st says to read the DOS
installation instructinos which we had trouble finding.

Thanks.
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