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- From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)
- Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata.
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- References: <SOWA.93Jan25161312@amdew.llnl.gov>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:55:27 GMT
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- sowa@amdew.llnl.gov (Erik C. Sowa) writes:
- > Toby Paterson <paterson@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca> writes:
- > Toby> That's not the way it works. When you double click on the
- > Toby> package, it opens up in Installer. One of the options
- > Toby> available there is to list the contents of the package.
- >
- > Listing the files' names is useful but names are not the only
- > thing one might wish to examine before installing.
-
- What else would you want to see?
- Does the Preference setting (in the installer) of:
-
- When listing a package, show:
- ( ) File names only
- (x) File names and other information
-
- Give you want you want?
-
- (I'm not being argumentative here, I just wondered if you knew about that
- preference, and if that preference gives you the kind of added information
- that you'd be interested in seeing).
-
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