From: John DOT Turner AT pobox DOT com (John A. Turner) Subject: Re: To use or _NOT_ to use InstallShield? WAS: Re: B19: InstallShield reports: "WinExec failed: return=20" after 99% completion 6 May 1998 13:04:43 -0700 Message-ID: <355049A8.2A1E0967.cygnus.gnu-win32@POBox.com> References: <9805051719 DOT AA12650 AT gnu DOT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gw32 Marty Leisner wrote: > I hate the Ms-dos centric way of installing and taking over your > machine...and assuming the install is logical. > > I'd much rather deal with a tar ball and some instructions...then I could > also extract files on a need basis out of the tar ball... > > Frankly I don't see why InstallSheild is necessary unless you're trying to > convince install-happy windows weinies. Well, this long-time (15-year) Unix weenie sort of likes the ease of installation and un-installation that InstallShield provides. Do you dislike the package formats for Unix like RedHat's RPM and Sun's pkgadd as well? I love them. So here's one vote for keeping InstallShield. -- John A. Turner mailto:turner AT blueskystudios DOT com Senior Research Associate http://www.blueskystudios.com Blue Sky | VIFX http://www.vifx.com One South Road, Harrison, NY 10528 http://www.lanl.gov/home/turner Phone: 914-381-8400 Fax: 914-381-9790/1 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".