Re: tools/ on ftp.debian.org
On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 02:49:48PM +0200, Michael Dietrich wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 01:36:58PM +0200, Anselm Lingnau wrote:
> > > unz512x3.exe is a self-unarching zip, and can be unpacked with Linux unzip
> > >
> > > gzip124.exe is a self-unarching lharc file and can be unpacked with
> > > Linux lha
> >
> > It might be a good idea to add a note in the README to that effect.
> >
> i don't like those archives: you don know about a virus in it and you
> need 2 steps to get on that what you need (in fact you need a
> writeable storage with enough space - not easy with a floppy boot
> system and a cdrom). so: please extract those tools for dos!
It is equally likely that the extracted programs will be infected too.
Your point regarding temporary space is a good one, but both unzip
and gzip require space to extract things to anyway.
Hamish
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