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Re: Installation Routine
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Installation Routine
- From: Glenn Spell <glenn at gs dot fay dot nc dot us>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 05:30:04 -0500
- Organization: the aerie
- References: <20000225083945.22749.qmail@hotmail.com> <38B64FB1.CD9B12D3@vinschen.de>
- Reply-To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
On 25 Feb 2000 around 10:47AM (+0100) Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Is there any chance of using bzip2 in place of gzip?
>
> I wouldn't do that. As it is mentioned often in the cygwin base
> mailing list, Netscape Navigator is able to mess up bzip2ed files
> when downloading.
Yes, but Navigator is just as able to mess up gzipped files served
via http if the webserver is not configured properly for the file
extension.
> I fear the mail traffic followup...
If packages will be distributed via http and the servers use the
current Apache default configuration then that's a valid concern.
-glenn
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