Re: Changes to OpenVMS Patch Kit Formats

"george.pagliarulo@xxxxxx" wrote:
versions of OpenVMS are being standardized and will now ship as
self-extracting ZIPEXE packages. When run, the ZIPEXE package will
expand into the PCSI$COMPRESSED installable kit.

While I assume this is a done deal which cannot be changed, was there
any consideration that double compression often results in a larger file ?

If you're going to be zipping the package for transport, why generate
PCSI$COMPRESSED packages ?

Also, will there be any way for cross platform extraction from that
ZIPEXE file ?

For instance, if I download from an Alpha and wish to manage the patches
there and distribute the .PSCI files to various other nodes of different
architectures, will there be some tool on the ALPHA to unzip a patch
meant for VAX or that IA64 thing ?

(can the standard ZIP skip over the executable part of a ZIPEXE file and
get to the actual compressed contents ?)
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