Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:33:23 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Cc: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Install thingy
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On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> you've installed.  Also, unless it works by returning error codes to the
> installer, I don't see how the latter would be able to properly
> interpret what djverify reports.  Hmm... it's an interesting question. 

Either return error codes, or the installer could parse the text output of
`djverify' redirected to a file.  (There is also `popen', but I would 
recommend to stay away of methods that require more memory than 
absolutely necessary in such programs.)