Subject: Re: zinstall problem
To: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
From: The Great Mr. Kurtz <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/12/1996 19:33:44
On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Paul Goyette wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Ken Nakata wrote:
>
> > > I have a problemm transfering files using MacBSD Install utility.
> >
> > This is not a problem with the Installer.
> >
> > > Last time I tried to transfer GnuPlot from Mac to BSD filesystems,
> > > Ungziped gnuplot.tar.gz and then installed using mini shell command
> > > zinstall gnuplot.tar

You got control-m's.  Um... you could try running the installer on the
original .gz file instead of the .tar file.  As a general rule, if you're
going to install under any Unix, it only adds more room for mistakes to
gunzip the file on a non-unix system.

Cheers,

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