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Re: setup: built-in tar
- To: echristo at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 14:34:57 -0400
- CC: rdparker at butlermfg dot com, cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200005231735.KAA02561@cygnus.com> <392ACE39.1158B5F5@cygnus.com>
> Yes, however, they should be in the same directory. Preferably just
> shipping them along with the install is preferable. Keeping some old
> set of sources around is just a pain.
Last time I talked about this with RMS, the result was that the
minimum requirements be that it be on the same "site" (meaning same
machine or cluster and same protocol (ftp/http)) and available to the
user at the time the user downloaded the binary. I assume its
location can't be obscured.
Beyond that is merely convenience.
We don't need to keep sources around on FTP in case some user who
FTP'd a binary less than three years ago suddenly decides they need
the sources. That rule only applies to a 3b distribution; our ftp is
3a.