Re: [boost] Problems installing Boost regex library for Linux RH 6.2 gcc 2.95.2

From: Roland Weiss (weissr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-29 10:10:37

Beman Dawes wrote:

>  >[Note to Beman: this isn't the only cr/lf complaint I've had this week
>  >relating to the boost zip file, if I supply a shell script for producing 
> a
>  >tar.gz file from the Win32 CVS source, can we distribute a unix friendly
>  >tar.gz file as well?]
> 
> Yes, let's at least consider adding a boost_all.tar.gz.  I'd like to build 
> it with identical content to boost_all.zip.  How complex a shell script is 
> required?  Can you point me to a Win32 version of a tar.gz encoder that is 
> known to produce files maximally useful by unix/linux decoders?  I'd need 
> help from unix/linux users to test the resulting .tar.gz to make sure it 
> does what it is supposed to do.
> 
> --Beman 

At least the Info-ZIP version of unzip has the option -a, which converts
line ends of text files inside the zip archive according to your system
when extracting. Maybe add this to the FAQs?

-- 
   Roland Weiss