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Re: Please fix the Linux installation



>>>>> "Adam" == Adam J Thornton <adam@tucson.princeton.edu> writes:
In article <4kkp2p$4mq@cnn.Princeton.EDU> adam@tucson.princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton) writes:


    Adam> Just unpack the files to executor-beta and
    Adam> executor-svga-beta in /usr/local/bin rather than having them
    Adam> blithely overwrite the images found there.  Those of us who
    Adam> _did_ register probably, if I'm any example, don't
    Adam> appreciate having to rename executor.old and reenter our
    Adam> registration.

The installer that is there is the exact same installer that is on the
beta0 CD-ROM and that's not a coincidence.  It's important that our
installers get tested thoroughly, too.  When we made the CD-ROM we
figured people would either install the DEMO version or the
full-featured version but not both.

That assumption was wrong, at least for this intermediate stage where
few people have the CD-ROMs, so we'll make it so our installers
install the DEMO versions somewhere other than where the non-demo
versions are installed.  Then we'll use that new installer for further
demo releases.  This will take a little bit of time just because we
have so many other things that are higher priority.

    Adam> Adam -- adam@phoenix.princeton.edu | Viva HEGGA! | Save the
    Adam> choad! | 64,928 | Fnord "Double integral is also the shape
    Adam> of lovers curled asleep":Pynchon | Linux Thanks for letting
    Adam> me rearrange the chemicals in your head. | Team OS/2 You can
    Adam> have my PGP passphrase when you pry it from my cold, dead
    Adam> brain.

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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