Re: Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

On 7 Apr 2002 mfischer@php.net wrote: > winzip and winrar suck and aren't available on every platform and have > bad compression. winzip can decompress tar.gz just fine, and winzip is installed at almost every box. Why the f*ck is the manual compressed with bzip2 then? No single windows user has it installed. > > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools [tm] (i > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are broken > or you don't know how to use them. Again, as nobody on windows is familiar with bzip2, which is perfectly normal as nobody else uses it, dont expect users to be familiar with it. i strongly recommend to use .tar.gz again. Derick ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/registry/SLCB276UZU8B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net All your branches are belong to me! SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------