Hi, On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Bernd Blaauw <[email protected]> wrote: > Op 29-7-2011 19:02, Rugxulo schreef: > > I can't even recall what WDE was for anymore.
"disk editor", basically for viewing raw disks and/or editing or saving bits to wherever. Not useful except for hardcore nerds. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/disk/wde/ > I'll check if any old kernels still present and will remove them, though > the SYS and batchfiles in there are usefull. I agree too too many kernels around to test can be confusing, but checking against an older one can help spot regressions. > UPX is sometimes shunned due to the NRV compression library used, which > is proprietary, and thus sometimes considered incompatible with > opensource software. There's an opensource UCL library, and the > resulting UPX binaries are available. I'll use those as soon as someone > can guarantee me they run on 386+ instead of 80586+ / 80686+. The included UPX307D.BAT (by me!) doesn't even have "-march" in it, so only "-mtune" was used. So it's safe (386 only). DJGPP defaults to "-mtune=pentium" anyways. > UPX is convenient to have around indeed, if space limited. The > bugreports showed that the extra FDISK utility included in FreeDOS > doesn't like UPX due to a file checksum (integrity test) being done > before running. XFDISK? I posted to the bugtracker (a few days ago) the one-byte patch by Eric :-)) to fix that. >> Some archivers are already in "UTIL". But yeah, perhaps at least UNZIP >> should be in "BASE". Dunno, Jim doesn't want any disruptive changes in >> 1.1, maybe FD 2.0. > > Depends how you define 1.1. A small base set has limitations. Having a > full CD as Jeremy and Blair prepared in the past, should offer enough > opportunity to add programs to people's desire. Since the installer requires it anyways, it's more or less "BASE". ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
