Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 22:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT gulliver DOT qc DOT ca>
cc: OpenDOS List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: OpenDOS distribution
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Pierre Phaneuf wrote:

> > Well, RPM is only "theoretically" the way to go.  I have NOT been
> > able to get it running on my Slackware system despite several
> > mailing list postings to different lists and newsgroups including
> > this one, as well as over 12 hours of reading HOWTO's,
> > FAQ's, fiddling, downloading, redownloading, re-redownloading,
> > posting to lists, ftpsearching, compiling, deleting, recompiling,
> > redeleting, redownloading, installing, SIGSEGVing, and finally
> > permanently giving up.
> 
> I completely agree with you. Thinking more about this, maybe we could do
> something similar but more appropriate for DOS systems... Like use ZIP
> (using the Info-ZIP libraries), have batch files for pre/post-installation
> scripts (or maybe an integrated scripting language (or even better, make 
> BASH the default shell for OpenDOS! ;-) ))

These issues have been discussed on this list in the past and
we've concluded that yes OD needs a smart installer program of
some kind.  Before re-doing the entire conversation again
however, I suggest people go back and read the archives on DJ's
server.


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