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From:	Joe Buehler <jbuehler AT hekimian DOT com>
Subject:	Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?
Date:	Wed, 05 Mar 2003 15:56:36 -0500
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Robert Collins wrote:

> So we:
> Write a perl/tk installer in using activestate perl to be installed
> using a self-extracting executable to allow the installation of cygwin.
> 
> Perhaps I'm pessimistic, but I can just see huge issues with 'your
> installer downgraded my activestate install' and other similar problems.

You unzip everything into a temp directory and it all runs from
there.  No registry entries (or whatever a normal win32 perl install does),
just files temporarily put into an install directory.  We do this already
where I work (which is why I mentioned it in the first place).

I may or may not try it -- time is also a concern for me.
-- 
Joe Buehler



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