On Sunday, June 02, 2013 17:24:47 Ellery Newcomer wrote: > On 06/02/2013 05:15 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > > On Sunday, June 02, 2013 17:08:41 Walter Bright wrote: > > > > Regardless, the symlink issue alone shows that using the zip file format > > for *nix is a mistake. Any packages released for *nix needs to support > > symlinks correctly. > > > > - Jonathan M Davis > > Is it so hard to convert the zip to tarball in the installer scripts? > > (hint: no)
But unless the zip itself is fixed, then anyone downloading it is going to end up with a screwed up *nix setup unless they fix it themselves. It would be far better to just fix the zip. - Jonathan M Davis
