On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:52, Rodney Waldhoff wrote: > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Brett Porter wrote: > > > I don't believe in this assumption, as I have in the past (although > > reluctantly) used .zip on Unix, and I just about always use .tar.gz on > > Windows via cygwin. > > There is an assumption either way, this is simply trying to make the > assumption more accurate. > > If you checkout a project on a Unix machine and do a "maven dist", you get > unix style linefeeds on all files, including README.txt and LICENSE.txt > and the like, in both the .zip and .tgz versions of the distribution. > While this is generally manageable, it is the wrong choice on half the > platforms.
I thought zip gave you the option when unpacking to select the line ending? I use 'unzip -a <file>' to get unix line endings. -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
