Okay, since there were no objections, I am going to mark these packages current.
--Chuck Charles Wilson wrote: > Any objections to marking these two packages as 'current'? In my > testing, they seem to work fine, and the following work (which did not > work previously): > > zip foo.zip C:/sys/* > zip foo.zip C:\\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\\AUTOEXEC.W40 > > However, this doesn't work: > > zip foo.zip C:\\sys\\* > zip warning: name not matched: C:/sys/* > > zip error: Nothing to do! (foo.zip) > > However, it is useful to note that ls.exe fails in exactly the same way: > it can't match wildcard patterns that contain backslashes: > > ls c:\\sys\\* > ls: c:\sys\*: No such file or directory > > but wildcard patterns with forward slashes work, and specific filenames > with backslashes work, too. So, this (incomplete, but still better than > the old zip package) support for C: style pathnames seems to be an > improvement over status quo. The failure mode is probably a bash or > cygwin error; if anyone would like to track it down that'd be great -- > but I don't think the "problem" is in zip's code... > > --Chuck > > > Charles Wilson wrote: > >> I've uploaded these two packages to sourceware and marked them as >> 'test' releases. Please try them out, and let me know if there are >> any problems. (See below for installation instructions) >> >> CHANGES: zip-2.3-2 >> >> o Update to new script-based packaging scheme. >> >> o Added the dospath patch from Michael Schaap -- >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-06/msg01722.html >> >> Also, see >> >> "Two problems with Cygwin's ZIP": >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-06/msg01507.html >> >> "Cygwin: Open or Closed System? (was: two problems with cygwin's zip)": >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-06/msg01588.html >> >> "RE: Cygwin: Interoperability Is Important (was Cygwin: Open or Closed >> System, etc)": >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-06/msg01617.html >> >> Hopefully, this version addresses the problems zip had with DOS-style >> paths, while not negatively impacting "normal" (e.g. unixlike) >> behavior of cygwin's zip. >> >> >> CHANGES: unzip-5.50-1 >> >> o Update to version 5.50 >> o Use new script-driven build scheme. >> >> There is a small bug in unzip-5.50 which you may have heard about, but >> it only affects 16-bit ports. We're 32bit. >> >> --Chuck >> >> INSTALLATION: >> >> INSTALLATION: >> >> To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link >> on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your >> system. Then, run setup and update the zip and unzip packages. Note >> that these 'test' versions will not automatically appear in the >> chooser window; you may have to click on the version number a few >> times before versions "2.3-2" and "5.50-1" show up. >> >> Note that we have recently stopped downloads from sources.redhat.com >> (aka cygwin.com) due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you >> will need to find a mirror which has this update. >> >> In the US, >> ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ >> is a reliable high bandwidth connection. >> >> In the UK, >> http://programming.ccp14.ac.uk/ftp-mirror/programming/cygwin/pub/cygwin/ >> is usually up-to-date within 48 hours. >> >> If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package >> then you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another >> mirror. >> >> If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin >> mailing list at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I would appreciate if you would >> use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes >> ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin in general. >> >> If you want to make a point or ask a question, the Cygwin mailing list >> is the appropriate place. >> >> *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** >> >> If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look >> at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. >> Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
