Re: Installing 4GL

Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Michel Behna wrote: > > > > I am trying to determine whether the following information is > accurate: > > We just purchased Informix 4GL and to install it, it seems we need > to > > install it first and then the Informix engine. Here's the rub: we no > > longer have the original installation media :-( and to reinstall > Informix > > 7.2 on our Solaris 2.5.1 Sun machine is not currently possible. > > > > Is there any truth to this information or am I being fed a line? I > am > > finding this hard to believe... so please clarify this for me. Is > there a > > work around to re-installing the engine? Maybe copy some files or > > something like that... please help. > > > > I need authorative and definitive information on this situation so I > can > > take it back to management. > > This used to be really critical. As of 7.1? (something) this > requirement is supposed to be fixed. The problem was that the tools, > which are usually a version behind the engine, overwrite the message > files which the engine installs. If you tar your current installation > first and then install 4GL you should be OK now. If not you will be > able to restore the tar archive to fix anything that the 4GL install > broke. BE SURE TO TAR AND UNTAR AS ROOT so that permissions are > correct after restoring. > > Perhaps Jonathan or someone else from Informix will comment on this > plan so you can feel more comfortable? I don't know about the 7.1 story, but the tar story looks good. You could also install 4GL into a new directory, then tar or cpio your current directory over the new one, rm the current directory and rename the new directory. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+