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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:53:31 -0600
From: "Morgan Gangwere" <0 DOT fractalus AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: libusb-win32 auto-install?
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On 4/22/07, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault(no spam)ens-lyon.org> wrote:> Dave Korn, le Mon 23 Apr 2007 02:43:41 +0100, a écrit :> >   Or you could follow the model of the ioperm package, which requires you to> > manually run "ioperm -i" to install the .sys file.> >> Brian Dessent, le Sun 22 Apr 2007 18:44:50 -0700, a écrit :> > I think it would be very bad to install a (kernel-mode) driver by> > default without any action of the user just because they selected a> > package to install.> >> > > Maybe I could ship two separate packages: one for the library and one> > > for the driver, and automatically install the driver at postinstall of> > > the second package.> >> > That sounds ugly, why can't the user just run foo-config like every> > other package that requires configuration?>> Currently, I'm indeed requiring the user to run /usr/sbin/libusb-install> by hand (and uninstall is automatically called on package removal).>> So we should stay this way, ok.>> Samuel>> --> Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html> Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/>>
(just adding another idea to the pool)why not just include a REALLY simple application that asks "installlibusb driver (Y/n)?"wouldnt that be another simple route? just put it in the postinstallor at the first bash run.

btw, daveK, your welcome.-- Morgan gangwere
"Space does not reflect society, it expresses it." -- Castells, M.,Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism inthe Information Age, in The Cybercities Reader, S. Graham, Editor.2004, Routledge: London. p. 82-93.