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[BUG] Mik's [p]7zip has a PF (Announce)

posted by Steve Homepage E-mail, US, 18.06.2008, 15:55

> Steve wrote:
>
> > NO "NO". After unpacking:
>
> OK ... 4.57 was even worse ... nevertheless, Mik's 4.58 is not
> significantly smaller than most older D**** versions, and still
> heavily bloated compared to Igor's version.
The DOS version is a port. Things happen in porting. Let us know when you can do it BeTTeR.

> > 1) 7za.exe for Win runs under DOS with HX.
> > 2) 7za.exe for DOS runs with the supplied extender.
> > 3) In view of 1) and 2), why does it matter if 7za.exe for DOS does not
> work
>
> YES. I'm using HPDMI32 resident.
Then use 7za-Win. End of problem.

> > 4) Something appears to be gained with PMODE/DJ - smaller binaries.
>
> YES. By 8 KiB compared to CWSDPMI, or 22 KiB compared to LOADPEX (not
> really "available" by now) .
Every little bit helps.

> > I call that a good deal.
>
> IMHO NO. Not being able to run on HDPMI32 is a severe fault :-(
You still haven't explained why it's necessary to run the DOS version with HDPMI32, when, I repeat, the Win version works with it.

> it just doesn't find the Internet / IP :-( while Arachne does (DHCP).
RTFM: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/

> Nevertheless, 42 DOSsers could have answered
Is it the duty of all of us here to investigate your problems before you report them, so as to be ready to give you immediate answers?

> about having WGET working in DOS and how (USB modem and satellite :hungry: connection?
Hardware should be invisible to Wget. Check your packet driver and its configuration.

> seems people are more interested about what I'm doing wrong rather than using WGET in DOS
That might be true.

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