#: 9766 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Mar-91  06:10:45
Sb: #9761-OSK Clib.l Order
Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432
To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X)

Mike:
   I just did a quick and dirty port of the UNIX version.  I needed it in a
hurry - the PTB on FidoNet decided to change the archive method for FidoNews
from ARC 5.12 to LHArc without warning anyone.  My only other choise would have
been to find someone with a Mess-dos machine to unpack the FidoNews files for
me.  So I FTP'ed the UNIX port of lharc and ported it.  I only use it to unpack
FidoNews issues (a minor pain since the files arrrive on my CP/M-68K machine
and I have to ship the file to my OSK machine to unpack and repack as an .ARC
file for processing on my CP/M-68K machine).  I also ported the UNIX version of
UNZIP too (a simular quick and dirty done in "self-defense").

It seems that the mess-dos world seems to be insisting on using these
non-portable archiving methods...  And seem to have little interest in
supporting people with other operating systems (as if such people are some
oddball minority or something).

               Robert