Mail Archives: opendos/1997/05/07/03:46:55
> > I was thinking about a scheme like Red Hat RPMs, where you can get
> > .i386.rpm, .alpha.rpm and .sparc.rpm, just as well as .src.rpm...
> > Developers get the .src.rpm (after installing a base package that will
> > install the bare minimum AND the package manager).
>
> Yes, sounds good, but it has to be EASIER than RPM's, and the
> "RPM" file must come ready to run as either a self extracting EXE
> or a ZIP file IMHO, *NOT* as an RPM file.
How about a zip file renamed to rpm?
:-)
> Lets decide exactly what should be in the different packages.
> Sound good? Here is my suggestion of what to start off with:
>
> (Binary dists)
>
> UTILITY package (16-bit OpenDOS version)
> OPENDOS\DELTREE
> OPENDOS\BACKUP
> OPENDOS\STACKER
> OPENDOS\RESTORE
I assume with this package you mean all the stuff usually supplied with a
DOS?
Stuff like xcopy and....erm..is there more?
Well, you know what I mean.
So then we'd have two packages to get a full (as we are now used to for a
DOS) OS.
> Well, there are countless others, but this is a start. Please
> add to the list, or change it in any way that you see fit.
How about a package with replacements for the other two.
4DOS, BASH, CSH, etc in stead of COMMAND.COM.
And some other stuff that can be replaced.
> Packages should be able to be installed, removed, upgraded,
> etc... all with the smart installer program.
Yes, definitly!
As long as the log files are in ASCII, so you can update them when you
relocate or manually delete a package.
(Ever tried pulling that of when you manually deleted something under
Win95, in stead of with the uninstall? Registry...here I come :-) )
Yeep
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