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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I asked if you could also post patches (changed files,
> > or update packages) to 3.30 for those of us who already
> > got 3.30
>
> Is that before or after I do the floppy version?
>
> > Would this be a lot more work for you?
>
> It would mean preparing, testing and uploading the patch.
> Why should I spend an hour working on an unnecessary patch
> just to save you a few minutes downloading?

If it were just a patch (or just one or two changed files) that would be a 
few minutes downloading for end users.  If it is another complete version 
(with loadlin, etc.) it is 1/2 hour download or longer, each time.

> > every time I install a new version I then have to make all
> > the same changes to it - dialing and mail configuration
> > files, installing packages and dependencies
>
> Here's an idea for you:  make a pkg of all those changes.
> Then when you download a new version of BL3, you can simply
> pkg your changes.

I will try that now that I have BL3 on a linux partition. Until now I have 
been saving all my files on the DOS partition with truncated names.  Can I 
also make a linux package of files over 8.3 length, package them into a 
8.3 tgz file, store it on a DOS partition, and then install it and get 
back the correct linux file names?

> Cheers,
> Steven
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