[R] libg2c.mingw32

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Jim Lindsey <jlindsey at alpha.luc.ac.be> writes:

> In the README for libg2c.mingw32.a.bz2, what in the world does
> "unpack" mean? winzip, tar, gzip do not recognize it.

bzip2/bunzip2 available on ...er... recent Linuxen and ... there we go:
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html 

> I find all of the documentation in and around readme.package for
> MS-Windows extremely obscure, at least for some unfamiliar with this
> OS.

Believe me, the subject matter is even more obscure! Guido and Brian
have done a huge job sorting things out.

> My assistant, who sent an earlier message, would appreciate any help
> available to understand this.

Be warned that it takes a substantial time investment, but start off
on

http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/index.html

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