Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/05/07/18:31:23
In a message of Wed, 6 May 1998 09:42:09 +0100
Received on Thu, 07 May 1998 02:20:38 MET-1MET DST
Edward Avis <EPA AT datcon DOT co DOT uk> wrote
to: 'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com' <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
>It's true that to make good use of Cygwin32 you need to know something
>about filesystem structure etc. However, I don't see how using
>InstallShield is a problem in itself. If you can do something for the
>user, instead of having to provide instructions and let them do it
>themselves, then why not take the easy route?
Well, I don't know what InstallShield does, seriously. But I do know
what tar,zip etc do and how to reverse it. I hate things done behind
my back. All these .exe files you don't know what's inside. Terrible.
>
>The installation, with the cygnus.bat placed in the start menu, lets the
>user test that everything is working in the "default" configuration before
>they go off and start changing things.
Fine. But why not do this with a .bat file I can inspect before running
it? Then I know what I am doing.
>
>As a final point, I am sure that this list would be clogged with many more
>"how to install this?" questions if Cygnus went back to the old .tgz file
>or whatever.
>
Maybe.
So my vote is to do away with InstallShield.
Michael
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Michael Lemke
Sternwarte Bamberg, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
(lemke AT sternwarte DOT uni-erlangen DOT de or michael AT astro DOT as DOT utexas DOT edu)
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