From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Upgrading DJGPP installations
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 20:09:51 -0600
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On 25 Jan 1997, Weiqi Gao wrote:
> Colin W. Glenn <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org> wrote in article
> >Is that the only reason those spacewasters are sitting there taking up

> Yes you can.  You have to do the unzipping and the zipping every time you
> 'install' a package too.

I _don't_ mind doing that at all.  I've gotten used to cleaning up after
trying a program.  Dija know, for example, that netscape affects all sorts
of stuff in windows?  I had to EDIT my system registary file after running
it every time.  (namely because I wanted HTM to associate with another
program for viewing them.)

> You can also zip up the bin directory (by far the most severe virtual
> estate waster) too, until you want to use it.

Wait a minute, I thought that's where GCC and associates hung out?