Re: tools/ on ftp.debian.org
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On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, 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
If they are byte-by-byte identical to the ones info-zip and the
FSF distributes, there is no reason to think they contain a virus.
It would be a good idea, however, to replace unz512x3.exe by a more
current version like unz532x3.exe.
> 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).
As far as I know, unzip is there for people who want to use fips or
loadlin in their DOS systems, i.e. for people who a) has already DOS
installed and b) do not want to remove it from the hard disk.
Therefore it is *very* unlikely that you don't have "a writeable storage
with enough space".
> so: please extract those tools for dos!
I disagree. If we can put those files untouched, as distributed by the
authors, we should put them untouched.
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