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diff --git a/archivers/szdd/pkg/DESCR b/archivers/szdd/pkg/DESCR deleted file mode 100644 index 31fe423d712..00000000000 --- a/archivers/szdd/pkg/DESCR +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -SZDD is a weak LZSS compressor, which was used by Microsoft for many years -in their installation software - all those files with a letter taken from -the end of their extension, eg HELLO.EX_ - -This package includes szddexpand which will decompress szdd files. -Be careful, szddexpand overwrites the original compressed file. -Do like so: szddexpand HELLO.EX_ && mv HELLO.EX_ HELLO.EXE - -SZDD was replaced with 'KWAJ' in the 1996 Microsoft Setup Toolkit. This -package does not grok the undocumented 'KWAJ' format. - -One day Johnathan Forbes decided to work for Microsoft, and sold them his -LZX compression technology. So now Microsoft uses LZX compression in their -installation archives, under the guise of "CAB" files. |