Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/04/22/11:14:57
Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Installing my libusb-win32 package doesn't automatically install the USB
> driver, the user has to run /usr/sbin/libusb-install. I preferred to go
> this way for safety.
>
> However, some user reported that it would be better that the
> installation is automatically performed (since if one installs
> libusb-win32, that's most probably for using it). What do people think
> about it?
I think there's a precedence for separating an install from the
configuration. This is done for other packages, like openssh, cron,
etc. A good reason for this division is to allow for user input
during the configuration step, which "setup.exe" doesn't have support
for. If running your libusb-install is more like a configuration
step, I'd say leave it as is (though maybe change the name to indicate
it's a configuration script instead). I might also encourage leaving
things as is if the running of the script requires a reboot to take
affect. Depending on your what your safety concerns are, that might
be another good reason to leave things as is.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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