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- The files on Peanuts
- =========================
-
- The files are compressed with GNU-zip (*.gz) and tarred with GNU-tar
- or with normal unix tar (*.tar). You may want to get and install
- GNU-zip first. A precompiled and ready-to-run version of GNU-zip is in
- Unix/archiver/gzip.1.2.3.NI.b.tar
-
- For almost every program package, a description file called
- [NameOfPackage].README or [NameOfPackage].[versionNumber].README
- exist. The binaries in the archive are available for different
- architectures. NeXTStep is available on 68k processors ('black
- hardware'), on Intel 486 and Intel pentium processors ('white
- hardware'), on HP/PA and on SUN SPARC architecture.
-
- The file names follow the convention:
-
- NameOfPackage.[version].[architecture].[distribution].[archivers]
-
- version: the release and/or version number of the program
- architecture: if the archive contains binaries, for which architecture?
- distribution: what does the archive contain? source, binary, both?
- archivers: file-extensions of the archive program(s)
-
- version
- =======
- The version number can have different formats. Usually it consists of
- the release and the version number (e.g. 1.04). Release numbers with 0
- are normally beta releases (e.g. 0.13) Some packages also use a
- version number like 920904 or 20.Feb.1993 indicating the date of their
- release. If there is no version number mentioned, it is the first and
- only release so far.
-
- architecture
- ============
- The architecture of the binary is a combination of currently up to 4
- letters in a fixed order (NIHS):
-
- N NeXT m68k ('black hardware')
- I Intel 486 and Intel Pentium processor ('white Hardware')
- H HP/PA architecture from HP ('green hardware')
- S SPARC architecture from SUN ('yellow hardware')
-
- The binary is a Multi-Architecture-binary (MAB) or FAT-binary, if it
- contains code, running on two or more architectures.
-
- distribution
- ============
- The contents of the archive. A combination of up to 4 letters, also in
- fixed order (bsda):
-
- b binaries for the architectures mentioned under 'architecture'
- s sources included. The sources may (!) compile on every platform
- d data file: non-executable binary, source or any other file
- a library included. The library is for the specified architecture
-
- The 'd' and 'a' are informal. They are normally only included, when
- there are additional files (libraries, sound etc.) beside the binaries
- or sources in the archive.
-
- archivers
- =========
- The extension specifying the programs utilized for archiving and
- compressing of the files.
-
- tar GNU-tar or normal unix tar
- gz GNU-zip
- Z normal unix compress
- compressed archived and compressed using the NeXT workspace
-
- NOTE: 'Z' and 'compressed' are not supported on this archive! The
- usual case therefore is '*.tar', '*.gz' or '*.tar.gz'. However these
- extensions may occur in the NeXTanswers directory which is a mirror
- of the FTP archive by NeXT.
-
- Examples:
- =========
-
- tarZan.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz
- Columns.2.97.N.b.tar.gz
- DrivePerformance.1.1.NI.b.tar.Z
-
-