From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: List of DJGPP packages
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:23:43 +0100
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Hello.

Manuel Collado wrote:
> 
> Richard Dawe wrote:
> > ...
> > DSM files don't have to be in the legacy archives. pakke can install
> > packages using DSMs stored somewhere other than in the package archives.
> >
> > One solution to this problem is to write DSMs for all the legacy packages
> > and put them in a package, e.g.: djgpp-legacy-dsms. pakke actually comes
> > with DSMs for some legacy packages.
> 
> One reason to compile a precise package list was to have the minimum
> required information to automatically generating a minimalist dsm for
> every distribution archive that lacks it.

Or you could generate the package list from a set of minimal DSMs for every
package archive that lacks one... 8) I'm biased towards using DSMs, if you
hadn't guessed. ;)

[snip]
> > Why do you need unzip32 as well as pakke? pakke can unpack packages.
> 
> At least to install pakke ;-), isn't it? In addition, in Windows NT
> machines perhaps it would be wise to install LFN support before
> installing and using pakke for installing other packages.
[snip]

You can install pakke using pakke. There is a section in the pakke manual on
this. Try:

    info pakke 'How-tos' 'How to install DJGPP using pakke'

(pakke must be installed for this to work.)

Bye,

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