Re: [ EXPERIMENTAL PATCH ] package-get mods for local files (CDROMS)
SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
> It doesn't appear do anything that couldn't easily be
done in
> lisp. If we implemented the current add-big-package.sh in lisp
> inside package-admin-add-binary-package, we wouldn't have to invent
> package-admin-default-install-function or
> package-admin-install-function-mswindows and our mswindows problems
> would go away.
The problem is that mswindows users may still have to use a
different extraction program, even if you ignore the call-process junk
(e.g., "/bin/sh -c 'gunzip|tar'" vs. mswindows bogons). Yes, I know
that gnu tar has the "-z" option, but I don't think this exists under
mswindows.
-- Darryl Okahata
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