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Re: WinZip [Re: Egcs 1.1 having trouble with 'typename'?]


At the risk of introducing a new flame-war, could I point out one possible 
reason
to leave the install as .tar.gz, and not use WinZip, etc.

gnutar and gzip are free and come with the gnu-win32 installation, WinZip isn't 
(free)
and doesn't (come with gnu-win32).

IMHO, its a bad idea to rely on the user having extra software, even if widely 
available.
After all, not everyone can get frequent access to the 'net.

Sorry if this offends anyone.

Bob Cross.

Disclaimer: My opinion is like my fingerprint - unique to me.

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