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Hello Janis!

Sun Nov 29 2015, Janis Kracht wrote to Gert Andersen:

 >>> Good.  I was hoping it was something like that causing the problem 

 >> There must be something there got changed in rar of add header from 
 >> 5.2.0 to 5.2.1 and after it.

 JK>Probably... or maybe in the libraries of gentoo.  And then again, I'm 
 JK>running an older version of Ubuntu, v12.5 LTS, I think.  I don't know 
 JK>about the most recent version of Ubuntu 

I run a older verson of Gentoo on my main fido system as there is some problem
with husky Msged there give my gentoo memory error, but on my 3 other fido
systems is it a newer Gentoo version and here is it not husky on any of them as
 it is mbsebbs there run here with golded as editor.

 >> My way to get installed rar and unrar and other packers is by gentoo's 
 >> emerge rar and the file name.
 >>the linux system by gentoo as emerge is not full updated for rar and 
 >>unrar, it takes v5.2.1 and 5.1.6
 >> but with zip and unzip has it the newest version now.

 JK>Understand. 

 >>> Glad to hear it.  I've always used rar in this way (-zfile.hdr).  I
 >>> never have used the redirection symbol with it.  I guess just a habit
 >>> 

 >>It makes now that my gmsnet has a new working rar files for dmd1155M and 
 >>there is to soon come dmd1156 there is on way in the next day, as it got 
 >> for both linux, Windows and maybe MAC OS too as version Dooms Engine 
 >> 1.15.6 dmdX is Doomsday Engine complete files
 >> dde200X is Doomsday Engine build xxxx files
 >>So only complete version is full version and dde200 is 2.0.0 in work with 
 >>buil versions.

 JK>So far, some people have let me know in email and netmail that they are 
 JK>not interested in the Windows versions of those games.  The files are 
 JK>too large, and they just jam up their systems because of the total 
 JK>size.  Splitting doesn't help, because still the "original" same file 
 JK>length must go out <g>.

 JK>So you can stop sending me the Windows games files.  I guess people can 
 JK>get it themselves online if they want it.

 JK>I have not heard any complaints about the  MAC versions though, so if 
 JK>they are not gigantic, I can send those out if you send them over here. 
 JK> Again, I don't like sending out anything larger than 30M though.  It's 
 JK>just too big 

The Windows version of those games is about 30-32M and the MACOS is more Large
like 50M so it is been split to be about 16-20M for each files.

  Take care,
            Gert

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