Hi Bart and all, Luční 502 Linux/Unix/LAN/Internet Tel: +420-372-222302 33209 Štěnovice e-mail:fra...@hanzlici.cz Fax: +420-372-222302 hoping that it will be useful, I have mapped and updated some dosemu-freedos utilities to their current versions. Thanks to the peoples of dosemu and FreeDOS mailing list for their comments. Updated package may be downloaded at: http://www.hanzlici.cz/packages/dosemu-freedos/dosemu-freedos-1.1-pre1-bin.tgz
Changes between dosemu-freedos-1.0 and this updated version may be described as (if isn't new version, then component remained the same): COMPONENT CurVers NewVers COMMENT assign 1.4 attrib 2.1 bwbasic 2.20 -> 2.50 (with OpenWatcom patch?) choice 4.4 command 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00:29:00] comp 1.03 #retained, current 1.04 has only copyright added) cpidos 2.0 -> 3.0 debug.com 0.98 -> 1.26 deltree 1.02f -> 1.02g diskcomp 06jun2003 diskcopy 0.94 beta -> 0.95 beta display 0.13b edit 0.7d -> 0.9a # 0.7d was UPXed, 0.9a not edlin 2.8 -> 2.15 exe2bin 1.0 -> 1.5 # Copying-policy: GPL -> OW Public License fc 3.03 find 2.9 -> 3.0a format 0.91v FastHelp Suite 2004 join,swsubst 3.2 kernel.sys 2036 -> 2041 label 1.4b lib.exe 3.2 mem 1.10 -> 1.11 mode 12may2005 more 4.2 -> 4.3 (lfn support) move 3.3a nansi.sys 4.0b -> 4.0d replace 1.2 share 08_2006 sort 1.2 -> 1.5 (lfn support) subst(swsubst) 3.2 sys 2036 -> 2041 tee 1.0 -> 2.0.3 (not UPXed .com -> un-UPXed .exe) touch 1.4.3 -> 1.4.4 tree 3.7.2 wcd 3.2.0 (retained, as current v5.2.4 seems be too big) xcopy 1.2 -> 1.4a (rxcopy) Regarding UPX packaging - I leave TSRs (display, nansi, share) not UPXed, and other packages are same as their maintainers have it in their FreeDOS package archives (I took them from sunsite archive: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/ ) However, there are still some vagueness and questions: - is important somehow adhere total package size (current v1.0 .tgz size is ~ 1.2 MB, updated is ~ 1.3 MB) ? IMO it isn't so crucial, as Linux distro has usualy several gigabytes and dosemu-freedos files are in system installed only once (users has usualy only symlink to them) - Are some programs in current package unnecessary for average user? (e.g. lib.exe / bwbasic / exe2bin / wcd are maybe only rarely used ?) - It would be good to add some packages? * Maybe fdnpkg/fdupdate would be useful (but they perhaps would have to be used only by root due to Linux permission restrictions) * maybe some file manager would be useful (Volkov beta, Necromancer, etc). Not sure, when their licences permit their use with DOSEMU/FreeDOS * I would love some GNU utils as awk, sed, find,... * some archiver (7zip, xz,..) would be useful too - what about GNU basic utils (cat, cmp, cp, cut, grep, head, ls, mv, rm, tac, tail) in current package? They was build somewhile 20+ years ago - but probably do what they have - maybe except grep, which had some bigger evolution. What I found newer, was only DJGPP utilities, but I'm not sure when they are suitable for including into DOSEMU FreeDOS - it semm for me, that they may have greater memory requirements (although use DPMI) and I do not know whether is fair idea of the program from which I start the script, in which is chained several GNU utilities in one pipeline (as is common in Un*x). Can You please give me some comments to the above? Thanks, Franta Hanzlik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity • Requirements for releasing software faster • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce _______________________________________________ Dosemu-devel mailing list Dosemu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel
