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From: Ø. H. <oyv...@zy...> - 2008-09-24 09:52:04
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Harald Kipp <har...@eg...> wrote: > Øyvind Harboe wrote: > >> The problem is that when tar.bz2 files are untarred with e.g. 7Zip then you get >> non-working result. To reduce confusion I wanted to use .7z which is 50% smaller >> *and* does not cause a failure w/Windows GUI tools... > > I'm not using 7Zip, Winzip or other fancy stuff, just plain GNU ports > for the command line. I guess, that most developers do the same, because > it is trouble free. > > While Windows users are less picky with installing executable binaries > on their machines, the optimum would be to offer any self extracting > executable and alternatively .tar.bz2 for the paranoid. > > For the time being I'll install 7zip....grumble.... The .tar.bz2 files are now uploaded(it takes a while :-), just replace .7z w/.tar.bz2 in the URL. -- Øyvind Harboe http://www.zylin.com/zy1000.html ARM7 ARM9 XScale Cortex JTAG debugger and flash programmer |