Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2000/02/28/14:44:13
Hello.
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Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
>
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> > Not really. I haven't looked into the 'installer' programs that others
> > have been writing for DJGPP. That would have to be the place for this
> > kind of things to be implemented.
>
> Yes.
>
> > The limitation that exists is the fact that currently DJGPP
> > installation packages are really just .zip files, and that there is no
> > tool on whose presence we could rely on every user's system to carry
> > out file modifications from the automatic execution .bat file you can
> > (!) store in a .zip file.
>
> Zippo, once finished, should be common on every system. Since it will
> have some built-in scripting capability, it is OK for this task.
In fact, I have the intention of adding support for external scripting
languages too, e.g. spawning bash to modify DJGPP.ENV would be quite easy.
The DJGPP Software Manifest (DSM) for the package would have a dependency
on bash (whatever version), so that the user cannot install the package
until bash has been installed.
I don't really intend zippo's built-in scripting to be a heavy-duty
scripting language, more something for displaying things like "Now read
readme.txt" or "Don't forget to add the Emacs bin directory to your path".
I'd rather re-use bash's scripting power than reinvent the wheel.
Bye,
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Richard Dawe
richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com ICQ 47595498 http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/
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