Re: GTK+ toolkit has zero-byte files

[Remco van de Meent <remco@mnemonic.org>]

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On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Andy Kahn wrote:

 : i've downloaded 'gtk-99.10.tar.gz' and the package contains a number
 : of zero-byte files.  specifically, some that are usually pretty
 : important: README, INSTALL, and NEWS.  the 'docs' subdirectory
 : doesn't contain any information that would normally be in these files
 : either.
I just picked up the latest files from ftp.gimp.org. The latest gtk is
970828 (so about two weeks old). I placed them on the Mnemonic ftp-site:
             ftp://oloon.student.utwente.nl/pub/Mnemonic/toolkit/

The files were indeed of zero length - as were they on the official Gimp
ftpsite. In the latest distribution (officially released) there are some
little notes. But nothing on compiling or something like that.
There is a mailinglist about gtk (at gtk-list@redhat.com). Maybe that could
be a source for more information.

 : so... the reason why i am mentioning this is because gtk is nowhere
 : near 100% portable.  it compiled cleanly on my Linux system, but when
 : i tried at work on a Digital Unix v4.0b (more or less the latest
 : release), it fails miserably.
 : i could probably invest a bit more time and figure it out, but the
 : point is that if it doesn't work immediately, it certainly turns away
 : a lot of people in the same boat.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention :)
We'll discuss it during one of our regular IRC-meetings...

bye,

Remco
Mnemonic Admin Team

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