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-rw-r--r-- | README | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | README.DOS | 26 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GREETINGS! | |||
8 | for details, see the file LICENSE. Pointers to the algorithms used | 8 | for details, see the file LICENSE. Pointers to the algorithms used |
9 | are in ALGORITHMS. Instructions for use are in bzip2.1.preformatted. | 9 | are in ALGORITHMS. Instructions for use are in bzip2.1.preformatted. |
10 | 10 | ||
11 | Please read this file carefully. | 11 | Please read all of this file carefully. |
12 | 12 | ||
13 | 13 | ||
14 | 14 | ||
@@ -223,7 +223,15 @@ DISCLAIMER: | |||
223 | I very much hope the opposite is true. bzip2 has been carefully | 223 | I very much hope the opposite is true. bzip2 has been carefully |
224 | constructed and extensively tested. | 224 | constructed and extensively tested. |
225 | 225 | ||
226 | End of nasty legalities. | 226 | |
227 | PATENTS: | ||
228 | |||
229 | To the best of my knowledge, bzip2 does not use any patented | ||
230 | algorithms. However, I do not have the resources available to | ||
231 | carry out a full patent search. Therefore I cannot give any | ||
232 | guarantee of the above statement. | ||
233 | |||
234 | End of legalities. | ||
227 | 235 | ||
228 | 236 | ||
229 | I hope you find bzip2 useful. Feel free to contact me at | 237 | I hope you find bzip2 useful. Feel free to contact me at |
@@ -240,4 +248,6 @@ Manchester, UK | |||
240 | 25 August 1996 (version 0.21) | 248 | 25 August 1996 (version 0.21) |
241 | 249 | ||
242 | Guildford, Surrey, UK | 250 | Guildford, Surrey, UK |
243 | 7 August 1997 (bzip2, version 0.0) \ No newline at end of file | 251 | 7 August 1997 (bzip2, version 0.1) |
252 | 29 August 1997 (bzip2, version 0.1pl2) | ||
253 | |||
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@ | |||
1 | 1 | ||
2 | Windows 95 & Windows NT users: | 2 | As of today (3 March 1998) I've removed the |
3 | Win95/NT executables from this distribution, sorry. | ||
3 | 4 | ||
4 | 1. There's a pre-built executable, bzip2.exe, which | 5 | You can still get an executable from |
5 | should work. You don't need to compile anything. | 6 | http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk, or (as a last |
6 | You can run the `test.bat' batch file to check | 7 | resort) by mailing me at jseward@acm.org. |
7 | the executable is working ok, if you want. | ||
8 | 8 | ||
9 | 2. The control-C signal catcher seems pretty dodgy | 9 | The reason for this change of packaging is that it |
10 | under Windows, at least for the executable supplied. | 10 | makes it easier for me to fix problems with specific |
11 | When it catches a control-C, bzip2 tries to delete | 11 | executables if they are not included in the main |
12 | its output file, so you don't get left with a half- | 12 | distribution. |
13 | baked file. But this sometimes seems to fail | ||
14 | under Windows. Caveat Emptor! I think I am doing | ||
15 | something not-quite-right in the signal catching. | ||
16 | Windows-&-C gurus got any suggestions? | ||
17 | 13 | ||
18 | Control-C handling all seems to work fine under Unix. | 14 | J |
19 | 15 | ||
20 | 7 Aug 97 | 16 | |