Subj : RAR
To : Janis Kracht
From : Gert Andersen
Date : Mon Nov 30 2015 09:21 am
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Hello Janis!
Sun Nov 29 2015, Janis Kracht wrote to Gert Andersen:
>>> Good. I was hoping it was something like that causing the problem :)
>> There must be something there got changed in rar of add header from
>> 5.2.0 to 5.2.1 and after it.
JK>Probably... or maybe in the libraries of gentoo. And then again, I'm
JK>running an older version of Ubuntu, v12.5 LTS, I think. I don't know
JK>about the most recent version of Ubuntu :)
I run a older verson of Gentoo on my main fido system as there is some problem
with husky Msged there give my gentoo memory error, but on my 3 other fido
systems is it a newer Gentoo version and here is it not husky on any of them as
it is mbsebbs there run here with golded as editor.
>> My way to get installed rar and unrar and other packers is by gentoo's
>> emerge rar and the file name.
>>the linux system by gentoo as emerge is not full updated for rar and
>>unrar, it takes v5.2.1 and 5.1.6
>> but with zip and unzip has it the newest version now.
JK>Understand. :)
>>> Glad to hear it. I've always used rar in this way (-zfile.hdr). I
>>> never have used the redirection symbol with it. I guess just a habit
>>> :)
>>It makes now that my gmsnet has a new working rar files for dmd1155M and
>>there is to soon come dmd1156 there is on way in the next day, as it got
>> for both linux, Windows and maybe MAC OS too as version Dooms Engine
>> 1.15.6 dmdX is Doomsday Engine complete files
>> dde200X is Doomsday Engine build xxxx files
>>So only complete version is full version and dde200 is 2.0.0 in work with
>>buil versions.
JK>So far, some people have let me know in email and netmail that they are
JK>not interested in the Windows versions of those games. The files are
JK>too large, and they just jam up their systems because of the total
JK>size. Splitting doesn't help, because still the "original" same file
JK>length must go out <g>.
JK>So you can stop sending me the Windows games files. I guess people can
JK>get it themselves online if they want it.
JK>I have not heard any complaints about the MAC versions though, so if
JK>they are not gigantic, I can send those out if you send them over here.
JK> Again, I don't like sending out anything larger than 30M though. It's
JK>just too big :(
The Windows version of those games is about 30-32M and the MACOS is more Large
like 50M so it is been split to be about 16-20M for each files.
Take care,
Gert
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