gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (07/26/87)
hyc@umix.UUCP (Howard Chu) wrote: > I've recently modified the ARC that was posted some time ago... > If anyone's interested, I can post the sources... We already have way too many versions of "arc for Unix" around, not to mention arc for other operating systems. We also have enough postings and repostings of half-trashed copies. What we need is a volunteer! [It ain't me babe.] I'll be glad to send my copy of "arc" to anybody who will promise to merge all the versions they get into a single, useful, working version. Lord knows everyone has separately fixed the top 10 bugs but I bet among us there are another 100 fixed. That code was just NOT portable! E.g. I found a dependency on order-of-execution that I bet a lot of folks never found -- and even on MSDOS I noticed that the 'c' option would destroy any file it tried to re-crunch, because it used the same temp file name for two different things. I'd like to ask Brandon and Rich and the moderators for the other sources groups to reject or defer posting Yet Another ARC until we find somebody who will take it under their wing. Of course, nothing but common sense can stop postings to alt.sources...so I hereby request a little common sense. John PS: A special place in hell is reserved for those who reformatted the source while making a three-line bugfix, thereby making 'diffs' useless. -- {dasys1,ncoast,well,sun,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@postgres.berkeley.edu Alt.all: the alternative radio of the Usenet.
ddl@husc6.UUCP (Dan Lanciani) (07/27/87)
In article <2520@hoptoad.uucp>, gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: | hyc@umix.UUCP (Howard Chu) wrote: | > I've recently modified the ARC that was posted some time ago... | > If anyone's interested, I can post the sources... | | We already have way too many versions of "arc for Unix" around, | not to mention arc for other operating systems. We also have | enough postings and repostings of half-trashed copies. Do you want to eliminate repostings of arc or repostings in general? The second is probably much more profitable. | What we need is a volunteer! [It ain't me babe.] | | I'll be glad to send my copy of "arc" to anybody who will promise to | merge all the versions they get into a single, useful, working version. | Lord knows everyone has separately fixed the top 10 bugs but I bet | among us there are another 100 fixed. That code was just NOT portable! | E.g. I found a dependency on order-of-execution that I bet a lot of folks | never found -- and even on MSDOS I noticed that the 'c' option would | destroy any file it tried to re-crunch, because it used the same temp | file name for two different things. | | I'd like to ask Brandon and Rich and the moderators for the other sources | groups to reject or defer posting Yet Another ARC until we find somebody | who will take it under their wing. Of course, nothing but common sense | can stop postings to alt.sources...so I hereby request a little common sense. Having posted the latest repost of arc to alt.sources, I somehow feel my common sense is being questioned. Perhaps I'm being too sensitive, but I can certainly take the hint. However, please note that the truncated articles posted to comp.sources.whatever (1) were not submitted by me and (2) were originated at the comp.sources.whatever distribution point already truncated because no one there checked... Please also compare the volume of messages generated by people griping about (and responding to gripes about) not being able to unsquash pk archives on unix with the load placed on alt.sources by posting the solution to this burning problem, being sure to weight the numbers for value/unit volume. [Individuals might want to compare the time they spent griping to the time it might have taken them to make the necessary changes to their own copy of arc.] Dan Lanciani ddl@harvard.*
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry Virden) (07/29/87)
I too have changes that I have made to the Unix System V arc, version 5.10,1.1 or something or other.... My changes were basically adding some error handling and fixing a lot of lint problems, though there are still quite a few remaining. If someone will give me a location to send these to, perhaps I can put the changes together for someone to apply to a common version. P.S. Do you think that this person would consider merging COMPLETELY the two or three versions of Unix arc that we have running around. There is one version which allows items to be executed from within an archive, a version which does some limited squashing, a version that allows longer versions, and now I see that something that allows things like long pathnames, etc. -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 cbosgd!n8emr!lwv HAM/SWL BBS (HBBS) 614-457-4227.. 300/1200 bps We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.