Subject: Re: install.sh fails for 1.1 alpha
To: Robin Cutshaw <robin@intercore.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/09/1995 13:27:11
On Thu, 9 Nov 1995 15:54:40 -0500 (EST)
Robin Cutshaw <robin@intercore.com> wrote:
> I figured that too. I guess my ultimate point was that the install script
> really requires that it be run by people like us that have been installing
> unix systems since 4BSD started.
I beg to differ. It merely shows an error in the installation's root
fs. There's absolutely no reason why a novice couldn't use this
installation script along with the proper documentation (release notes).
> Again, I think that merely adding the verbage "like /usr" would go
> a log way to make it clearer. I wasn't sure whether I should add /usr
> during this step or maybe somewhere later in the install process.
I attempted to model the "instructions" after those that I've encountered
when installing OSs such as HP-UX, SunOS, and Dynix/ptx.
This, however, does not mean that they couldn't stand some improvement.
However, it's unlikely that they'll change much (at least for the hp300
port's install.sh) for 1.1.
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