On Wed, Dec 31, 1997 at 04:47:31PM -0500, Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
> > From: "Albert Hurd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>      I believe there is only one underscore in the file name.  Try
> "xisp_2.1-1.deb"

Yes, I find that Netscape 4 loves to change all-but-one of the dots
into underscores, despite the fact that the VFAT file system is
happy enough with multiple dots. It's rather annoying.

The (1) would occur if you already had a file of that name;
(1) is the second. A Netscapism again perhaps.

> On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Albert Hurd writes:
> > 
> > I tried dpkg -i (and cp) on xisp_2_1-1(1).deb and got the following
> > message:                          ^ 
> > 
> >            syntax error near unexpected token `xisp_2_1-1(1'


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