On 12/1/07, Ludwig Maetzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks,
> L. M.
>
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> > One more thing: I think the pkgs and spkgs for the update server
> > should be assumed to be different than the zip files that we upload to
> > ibiblio. A pkg and spkg have a particular meaning; they contain a
> > particular directory structure.
>
> You are right, but it would be good if we cou
Hi Jim,
> 1. Not all developers care about FreeDOS pkg structure.
> And it would be inappropriate of me to re-zip their release
Would it? I mean if you want the original structure, you
download from the developer's homepage. When I look at
getdeb.net and rpmfind.net, I see packages which follow
On 12/2/07, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> > 1. Not all developers care about FreeDOS pkg structure.
> > And it would be inappropriate of me to re-zip their release
>
> Would it? I mean if you want the original structure, you
> download from the developer's homepage. When I lo
Hi Jim,
> > > And it would be inappropriate of me to re-zip their release
Would it be an option to put the "fdpkg structured zips" in the
same directory or in a subdirectory of the "exact mirror" copies?
For example "4dos/4dossomething.rar" would be in the same dir as
"4dos/4dos-something-fdpkg.
What are you exactly getting when typing "echo %dosdir%"?
OK, took your advice and entered “echo %dosdir%”.
The response is “C:\FDOS”
The subdirectories Appinfo and Packages are as you describe. Appinfo has 142
*.lsm files and Packages has 225 subdirectories and 232 *.lst files. I got it
strai
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> > If I had a FreeDOS PC that didn't have internet access, but I was able
> > to make a CDROM copy of http:///1.1/updates/, then I could set my
> > FDUPDATE repo to point to a directory on the CDROM
>
> That is an interesting suggestion! My suggestions were more about
> updating a handfu
Hello,
I am going to give a bunch of ideas, I hope any of those is of some use.
2007/12/2, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > One more thing: I think the pkgs and spkgs for the update server
> > > should be assumed to be different than the zip files that we upload to
> > > ibiblio. A pkg and spk
Hello,
2007/12/2, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > put zip files on ibiblio that cannot be included on the FreeDOS
> > distribution because they are not free for all...
>
> You are right. The updater can make use of extra "nonfree"
> repositories outside ibiblio, while our ISOs gotta be free.
F
Hello,
2007/12/2, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> There is an important difference. What I put in the general archive on
> ibiblio is a mirror of other people's work. For most programs, they
> already have another primary location, and (license permitting) I'm
> just putting it on ibiblio so that
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