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February 9, 1994
Amiga specific notes for UnZip 5.1, release of February 7, 1994
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The Info-Zip UnZip 5.1 package consists of C source code that compiles
on many platforms. Some systems, such as Amiga, lack a bundled
C language compiler, so we package and distribute supported executables
for those. This enables users who don't own compilers to have a
reliable source for obtaining executables directly from the developers.
This cuts down on the occurence of partial or haphazardly built
distributions.
For more information about Info-Zip, and the enclosed utilities,
please consult the README and doc files included in this archive.
To install the programs, copy the files, UnZip and FUnZip, to a utility
command directory where you normally place add-on system commands.
This would be a directory normally found in your command path.
Type "path" in a CLI window for a display of which directories are
in your path. Choose a location which is not likely to be replaced
if AmigaDOS is reinstalled later.
The official compiler for Info-Zip Amiga source is SAS/C
version 6.51. Any compiler revision from 6.2 and above is supported.
We do not support SAS/C 5.10b (too old) nor DICE (programmer
dissapeared).
Consult the file, Where, for information on where to obtain source
code if you would like a copy. It's FREE! If you have no access to
any of the sources listed therein, send electronic mail to
the address listed below, and be sure to state that you are working
with the Amiga version (we support at least a dozen platforms).
These programs run only as CLI commands, but are compatible with
Directory OPUS, SID, and IconX methods of execution.
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Known problem:
It was discovered on release day that the latest SAS compiler
revision (6.50 or 6.51) fixes a long-standing timezone bug, with the
result that the work-around code in UnZip now might extract files with
the wrong times, off by a certain number of hours depending on which
locale you are in. This may depend upon whether or not your locale
utilizes daylight savings time. If this happens to you, setting the
TZ environment variable properly may bring the time to within 1 hour
of the correct time. IMPORTANT: This does NOT cause a problem with
the integrity of the data, but can be annoying if you depend on accurate
time stamps.
We are currently working on characterizing when and why this problem
occurs, and the next release will be properly accurate.
Therefore, if this happens to you, PLEASE send mail to Zip-Bugs (below).
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REPORT ALL BUGS AND COMMENTS TO INFO-ZIP: <Zip-Bugs@WKUVX1.UKY.EDU>
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If you want to redistribute this arcive, make sure that all the following
files are included, as packaged in the original archive:
UnZip 85900 ----rwed 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
FUnZip 28188 ----rwed 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
README 6339 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
README.AMI 3968 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
Where 8379 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
CONTRIBS 6431 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
COPYING 6186 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
unzip.doc 18268 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
zipinfo.doc 17439 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
funzip.doc 3171 ----rw-d 07-Feb-94 05:10:00
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This Amiga port is brought to you by,
John Bush <John.Bush@East.Sun.COM>
<JBush@BIX.COM>
Paul Kienitz <Paul.Kienitz@f28.n125.z1.fidonet.org>
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