Re: how do I create orig.tar.gz archive ?
On 29 Jan 1999, Peter Makholm wrote:
> Anything special to do if it is impossible to use pristine sources?
>
> I have a packages where the source is distributed i zipfiles with only
> one-case 8.3 filenames (yuck). Everything in the sources uses
> filenames which differs in case. what shall I do?
Try "unzip -La filename.zip". That can often change the case from upper to
lower. :-) It also automatically detects text file and change the DOS
CR/LF to Unix/Linux's LF (??). Have to watch to make sure unzip is not too
overzealous in doing that though! :-)
Hope this helps,
Anthony
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