DOS ain't dead

AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 01.01.2011, 05:47

> AdvanceZip
> > actually shaved 2 MB off the "full" DOS 2.4.2 .ZIP download.
>
> Well, you would have to subtract the lzma decompressor from that.

No, I'm talking about ZIP. "advzip -z4" optimized (recompressed) the .ZIP (via 7-Zip's improved Deflate) to save 2 MB without losing any compatibility. I only mentioned extra fields or comments in case somebody (???) needed those here (doubt it).

> > something, use theirs verbatim. Anybody using FreeBASIC is almost
> > definitely using the included BinUtils, so it should've been fairly well
> > tested by now (though I still don't know why my stock recompile of the
> > exact same version would worry you).
>
> So why don't you simply use it?

The point is that I consider the UPX'd-but-can't-unpack binaries "broken", so that's bad. But whatever, just wanted you to know that you're not stuck. FreeBASIC considers their own "stable" and has been tested, so you could always use those as default.

> P.s. Why don't you become FPC/dos release manager? Then you can package
> whatever you like, and compress it with 25 different archives. As long as
> you deliver on type, and do the support

If someone on the dev team really cares and wants to discuss it (doubt it), let them e-mail me.

I never built the DOS compiler (failed) nor IDE (never tried) nor know anything about DPMI exceptions, plus my new-found Pascal skills are low. I thought you implied that these were deal breakers?? Or (better) you only need help with testing and formal releases? Color me skeptical.

Complete thread:

• FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 15.10.2010, 23:25 (Announce)
  • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 16.10.2010, 04:28
    • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 18.10.2010, 20:32
      • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 18.10.2010, 23:36
        • FPC 2.4.2RC1 -- DJGPP Binutils - Rugxulo, 19.10.2010, 09:46
          • GPL source hosting requirement - ecm, 19.10.2010, 14:27
            • GPL source hosting requirement - Rugxulo, 19.10.2010, 22:33
              • GPL source hosting requirement - ecm, 19.10.2010, 22:57
                • GPL source hosting requirement - Rugxulo, 20.10.2010, 00:35
                  • GPL source hosting requirement - ecm, 20.10.2010, 00:40
            • GPL source hosting requirement - marcov, 20.10.2010, 09:47
              • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 15:47
                • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 16:36
                  • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 22.10.2010, 05:14
                    • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - DOS386, 23.10.2010, 09:21
                      • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 23.10.2010, 10:16
                • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - marcov, 18.11.2010, 21:15
                  • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 19.11.2010, 15:05
                    • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - marcov, 22.11.2010, 15:23
                      • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 23.11.2010, 00:29
                        • LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - marcov, 25.11.2010, 11:55
                          • AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - Rugxulo, 25.12.2010, 12:39
                            • AdvanceZip / BinUtils / CMT Solitaire / DOS DEATH / LZMA - DOS386, 26.12.2010, 08:04
                            • AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - marcov, 01.01.2011, 00:40
                              • AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - Rugxulo, 01.01.2011, 05:47
                                • AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - marcov, 01.01.2011, 13:02
                                  • no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - Rugxulo, 01.01.2011, 14:03
                                    • no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - Laaca, 01.01.2011, 15:12
                                      • no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - marcov, 01.01.2011, 16:56
                                    • no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - marcov, 01.01.2011, 17:46
                                      • no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - Rugxulo, 03.01.2011, 09:44
                                        • BUG - DOS386, 08.03.2011, 14:37
                                          • BUG - FPC 2.5.1 snapshot - Rugxulo, 08.03.2011, 22:40
                                          • BUG - Japheth, 10.03.2011, 12:17
                                          • BUG - Laaca, 10.03.2011, 12:31
                                            • BUG - DOS386, 03.05.2011, 09:48
        • UPX-UCL 3.07 - Rugxulo, 20.10.2010, 03:44
        • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 04.11.2010, 09:49
          • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 08.11.2010, 22:27
            • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 10.11.2010, 20:38
              • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Laaca, 11.11.2010, 00:06
              • FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 11.11.2010, 04:03
              • FPC 2.4.2 (final) released - Rugxulo, 14.11.2010, 20:11
                • "for .. in" - Rugxulo, 24.11.2010, 01:08
          • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - Rugxulo, 15.11.2010, 22:36
            • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - marcov, 18.11.2010, 21:13
              • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - Laaca, 19.11.2010, 11:10
                • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - Rugxulo, 19.11.2010, 14:52
                  • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - marcov, 22.11.2010, 13:00
                    • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - ecm, 22.11.2010, 14:43
                      • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - marcov, 22.11.2010, 15:21
                        • CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - ecm, 22.11.2010, 16:08
                          • CWSDPMI r7 for FPC - Rugxulo, 23.11.2010, 00:03