Re: [Freedos-devel] Updated INSTALL program

[James <jh...@fr...>]

> 
>>> The TZ variable is used in Unzip or the UzpMain() library, not
>>> (strictly speaking) in the Install program. Not having the timezone
>>> set just results in a warning...
> 
> ...which can be ignored / scroll away. Actually setting
> a timezone can lead to more counterintuitive results
> than the ignoring the warning afair ;-)
> 
>>> To keep the warning from coming up, the
>>> included Unzip program sets TZ with a PST value
> 
> As suggested elsewhere in the thread, it is probably
> better to set TZ - if at all - before calling the
> default UNZIP. Instead of having a modified UNZIP.
> It is always nice to have a standard full featured
> version of INFO-ZIP UNZIP, also for manual use...
> 

I prefer that the Install program be able to complete without throwing a warning. Otherwise, we will get lots of questions from new users asking "why am i getting this TZ message?" Of course, the install CD could set that before running the Install program.

For a user installing FreeDOS 1.1 from the distro, I don't see a big problem if the TZ is off WHEN UNZIPPING PACKAGES TO THE HARD DRIVE. When you're running FreeDOS afterward, yes that's a problem. But during the install process, having the TZ be off by 12 hours isn't that big of a deal.

That may be the simple view, but that's how I see it.


-jh