Re: Can't even get Install right!!??

johnl@informix.com (Jonathan Leffler) wrote: >}From: storm@aztec.co.za (Storm Software) >}Date: 24 Apr 1995 18:06:09 +0200 >}X-Informix-List-Id: <news.13312> >} >}I had to install 5 Informix products and I have to admit each time I do >}it the funnier it gets! >} >}I installed 4GL, DB, and 4GL RT(all 4.13), and ESQL/C (v.5.0) before >}running the install scripts. ie placed them all in the /usr/informix >}directory in one go. >This is not supported. Nor has it ever been supported through version 2.0 to current version. >}The thing that they forget to tell you is that they changed the ./install >}scripts from version 4 to version 5 from >} >}etc/install < installfiles >} >}to >} >}/etc/install installfiles. >} >}The /etc/install program works differently from the two version. >Correct. >But we've never documented the way etc/install works. We only document the >way the ./install4gl, ./install4db, ./install4glrt, ./installesql etc >work. The technique for using them hasn't changed. >}Bit confusing when you first hit it. >Look before you leap. Internal details may change at any time. >Yours, >Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> gordonh@acslink.net.au RIPLEY, Queensland, Australia