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Re: setup: built-in tar
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:11:09 -0400
- References: <200005230353.XAA01281@envy.delorie.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Are you planning on building ctar into setup.c eventually or are you
going to keep it as a separate program?
I'm glad to see the zlib stuff being used rather than having a separate
gzip. That always bothered me.
cgf
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 11:53:56PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>Here's a preview of something I've been toying with. My goal is to
>get rid of all the .exe's setup carries around; they take up space,
>slow down the install, and are cumbersome to work with. We'd also
>need hooks into these processes if/when we add a GUI.