Any special differences between unix and windows source code packages?
Hi there, I would like to know are there any differences (other than compression types) between the unix platform source code package (.tar.bz2, tar.gz) and windows platform ones (.7z, .zip) ? PlatformFile unixboost_1_54_0.tar.bz2 boost_1_54_0.tar.gz windowsboost_1_54_0.7z boost_1_54_0.zip Thanks. Zhiyu Li 2013-07-02 lizy10b
I would like to know are there any differences (other than compression types) between the unix platform source code package (.tar.bz2, tar.gz) and windows platform ones (.7z, .zip) ? Platform File unix boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2 boost_1_54_0.tar.gz windows boost_1_54_0.7z boost_1_54_0.zip
The code is identical in all the archives. Maybe only line-breaks differ.
And noting of course that .tar.bz2 and .tag.gz are not Unix-family platform specific. Tools for handling them are available on Windows. They tend to provide better compression than .zip so I use them (on Windows) whenever available. Richard Kerry BNCS Engineer T: +44 (0)20 82259063 M: +44 (0)7812 325518 Room EBX 301, BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 7RJ richard.kerry@atos.net uk.atos.net
-----Original Message----- From: Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Igor R Sent: 04 July 2013 10:28 To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Any special differences between unix and windows source code packages?
I would like to know are there any differences (other than compression types) between the unix platform source code package (.tar.bz2, tar.gz) and windows platform ones (.7z, .zip) ? Platform File unix boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2 boost_1_54_0.tar.gz windows boost_1_54_0.7z boost_1_54_0.zip
The code is identical in all the archives. Maybe only line-breaks differ. _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users
On 4 July 2013 10:36, Kerry, Richard <richard.kerry@atos.net> wrote:
And noting of course that .tar.bz2 and .tag.gz are not Unix-family platform specific. Tools for handling them are available on Windows. They tend to provide better compression than .zip so I use them (on Windows) whenever available.
The .7z file is the smallest download.
Fair enough. It's a while since I downloaded Boost. I had in mind some other systems I use where multiple formats are available (not including 7z) and the tar.* formats are available and smaller than .zip. Regards, Richard. ________________________________ From: Boost-users [boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] on behalf of Daniel James [daniel@calamity.org.uk] Sent: 04 July 2013 19:13 To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Any special differences between unix and windows source code packages? On 4 July 2013 10:36, Kerry, Richard <richard.kerry@atos.net> wrote:
And noting of course that .tar.bz2 and .tag.gz are not Unix-family platform specific. Tools for handling them are available on Windows. They tend to provide better compression than .zip so I use them (on Windows) whenever available.
The .7z file is the smallest download. _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users
On Jul 4, 2013, at 2:28 AM, Igor R <boost.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 2, 2013, at 5:50 AM, lizy10b <lizy10b@126.com> wrote:
I would like to know are there any differences (other than compression types) between the unix platform source code package (.tar.bz2, tar.gz) and windows platform ones (.7z, .zip) ? Platform File unix boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2 boost_1_54_0.tar.gz windows boost_1_54_0.7z boost_1_54_0.zip
The code is identical in all the archives. Maybe only line-breaks differ.
That is correct. The contents of the files are the same. The .7z and .zip files have windows line endings (CRLF), and the .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files have unix line endings (LF). -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com> A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait). -- Yu Suzuki
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