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

Hmmpph!! Be consistant! Neil - storm@aztec.co.za < ANOTHER ESSEX BOY > On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, 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. } } >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> }