[avail for test] zip-2.3-1

["Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

zip-2.3-1 is ready for testing, and has been uploaded to sourceware. 
Zip is an open-source, command-line alternative to other zip-format
archives such as WinZip, etc.  zip-2.3 is the latest release from
Info-Zip, ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zip.html.

I've had zip-2.3 on the CygUtils site
(http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/) for some
time, but that version had a few problems:
  1) it was built using windows-ish rules, so it didn't understand
symlinks
  2) had a few problems with text-mounts
This version is built as a unix-ish application, and hopefully I've
cleared up the remaining text-mode issues.  Furthermore, this package
follows the standard packaging rules for 'official' cygwin packages --
installs into /usr, includes documentation in /usr/doc/, etc.

This version is marked as a test release.  I'd appreciate comments
especially from those who are using text-mounts.

INSTALLATION:

To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin web page.  This downloads setup.exe
to your system.

Run setup and answer all of the questions.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
choose a mirror site for your download.  The 'sources.redhat.com' site
is badly overloaded.  The mirrors below are fairly reliable, and should 
have the latest version of this package soon, if they don't already:

ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/ (US)
ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/
(Germany)
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/pc/cygwin/ (Greece)

The setup.exe program will figure out what needs to be updated on your
system and should install the zip package automatically. To install this
Test version of zip you'll have to tell setup.exe to specifically
install it by clicking on the arrows to the left of the readline package
line until "Test" shows up.  You may need to click on the "Full/Part"
button in the upper right corner of the the setup screen to get readline
to show up in the list.

If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin
mailing list at:  cygwin@sources.redhat.com.  I would appreciate if you
would use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This
includes ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin general.

NOTES:

o Building the package from source requires gcc-2.95.2-5 and
binutils-20001029-2 or later

o Abides by the cygwin package system standard:
  - binaries        /usr/bin/zip.exe, zipcloak.exe,
                    zipnote.exe, zipsplit.exe
  - cygwin-specific docs in /usr/doc/Cygwin/zip-2.3.README
  - generic docs in /usr/doc/zip-2.3/*

o A cygwin-specific README and PATCH are stored in the source archive,
under <top>/CYGWIN-PATCHES/* (although that patch has already been
applied to the archive itself). The cygwin-specific README is also
installed by the binary distribution as described above.

o This package was NOT built using the encryption code available at
ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/src/zcrypt29.zip.  (Blame US 
cryptography export code; at present, while decryption binaries and
encryption source code controls have been relaxed, export of encryption
binaries requires explicit notification of the US govt.  This has to
be done by official Red Hat people, not me.)  So, this package does 
NOT contain encryption support.  If you want to build it yourself,
it ought to work: just download the zcrypt29.zip package referenced
above, and overwrite the dummy files crypt.c and crypt.h with the 
ones in that package.

o this build is -mno-win32 clean; that is, it builds from source
identically, regardless of whether gcc sets the _WIN32 or WINNT
defines.

Comments eagerly solicited,

Chuck Wilson

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