[syslinux] [syslinux request] To package it in a directory

Jeff Sadowski jeff.sadowski at gmail.com
Wed Mar 4 17:17:40 PST 2009


On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Jeff Sadowski <jeff.sadowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Jeff Sadowski <jeff.sadowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I recently downloaded the latest syslinux zip file from kernel.org and
>>>> didn't know to create a directory for it and unzip it in its own
>>>> directory. Oie what a mess.
>>>
>>> Just confirmed it on syslinux-3.73.zip.  syslinux-3.73.tar.bz2 is
>>> packaged correctly with the syslinux-3.73 directory preceding it.
>>> 3.72 and 3.63 are the same way.  I haven't tried other versions.
>>>
>> What are you using to unpack?
>> When I use unzip that comes with ubuntu like so
>> unzip <path to syslinux zip file>
>> it unpacks everythining into the current directory.
>> Maybe your zip program is creating the directory for you?
>
> I'm sorry if I confused you.  What I meant to say is that the ZIP file
> is packaged such that, for example, the BUGS file (the first in the
> ZIP), is located in the top directory of the archive in 3.73, 3.72,
> and 3.63.  The tar.bz2 files are packaged in the more unix style of
> storing a directory into the file first and everything under that
> directory.  For 3.73, the BUGS file is located at syslinux-3.73/BUGS.
>
> For files not stored in a CPIO or TAR format, I've normally used 7zip
> (see the p7zip* packages in Ubuntu).  Since you're using Linux and it
> sounds like you're extracting them from a terminal or virtual console,
> I'd recommend learning how to use tar (if you don't already).  "tar
> xjvf syslinux-3.73.tar.bz2" is a quick command that will, verbosely,
> extract the tar.bz2 file into the current directory, first creating a
> syslinux-3.73 directory as it's already in the archive.  The ZIP files
> that are made for distribution are definitely less common but I'd
> guess that they make it easier for DOS/Windows users to utilize them.
>
Ok the tar balls are packaged as you say the zip file is not. I just
chose the last item on kernel.org
> --
> -Gene
>
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