Darwin (Not Python, yet...) [OT]

[Steven D. Majewski]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jeffrey P Shell wrote:

> Find the .zip file (if Stuffit didn't destroy it) and use the 'unzip'
> command in Darwin to unpack it.
> 
> >   This zip file doesn't seem to be in gunzip format so I couldn't
> >   unzip it from Darwin to get the right line endings.
> 
> Hmm.  unzip worked in DP4.

I'm sure DP4 has all sorts of extra goodies -- Darwin isn't up to
the level of a good Linux distribution yet. There is the "Missing 
Link" project at <http://www.darwinlinux.com/>, which plans to get
a CD distribution of Darwin + XFree86 + lots of linux packages. 

Softrak on stepwise.com has been down for the last couple of days,
so I haven't been able to search for a zip there. I may have to 
try taking it to another machine to unzip and tar up. 
( The main complication in getting anything done is the fact that
  I can only have Darwin up for a small part of the day -- If I 
  had DP4 and could run some Mac apps, I could find more time to
  play with it! ) 


> 
> Does Darwin follow the MacOS X directory structure convention?  (ie,
> /Local/Users/Bob/
> /System/Library/Frameworks/...
> )?
> 

Yes. There even seem to be some dangling symbolic links and empty
directories from missing MacOS X applications and libraries! 

BTW: Did you post any of your problems to either of the Darwin 
mailing lists ( -users or -developers ) ? I've just signed up 
and I haven't had time to look thru the archives yet. I would 
think this must not be a python specific problem. 


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