Geert Stappers wrote:
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:12:04PM +0100, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
Geert Stappers wrote:[ reasons why]
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 01:53:50AM +0100, oliver wrote:
Hi
I was wondering if it really is nessacery to fully install perl into the C drive soley for the purpose of installing the various applications.
I'm not saying not to use perl, but is there no way to use perl from the Z mapped drive? (I do know there might be some issues with perl not beeing on the C:\ which I think can't be right. It's just not sane :) but who knows.
Accepted or expected? : )My proposal would be to have perl live in z:\perl and have all scripts use that version. The bat files include a 'header' file that set's enviroment variables correctly so that perl can be run from Z:\perl.
This would also make it possible to simply install a package by running the script file for it.
I think the question is:
When a patch is supplied, will it be excepted?
Accepted, but read on.
Accepted, I don't know. If the sysadmin wants perl on every install, put perl.bat in your base.bat, it it's not, don't put perl.bat in your base.bat : )
Expected, it might come to a supprise I'm sure, but does it matter for the end result? You'll still get a fully unattended workable win installation.
The Janary second message about having a installed computer without a "perl leftover" was unanswered.
My first impression was "If you think it should change, then make it possible ( do it or provide funds )" and was about to write "patches are welcome"
Second thougt was "What is the opion of others here" so I wrote "When a patch is supplied, will it be accepted?" with the typ-error.
I'm still curious about the opions about the perl install leftover, but maybe I just read the fantasic manual as I still didn't. "Removing perl and other tools after install" seems a FAQ issue to me. If it really is so. (Oops, now I told that I never did a unattended install for MS Windows. I should stayed lurking ;- )
Cheers
Geert Stappers
all i'm saying is, it isn't a nessecary to pollute a PC with perl, just because the installer needs it. It's like having all these services running that I'll never use anyway. Personally, I don't like that ; ).
Patches, well the first question would be, does perl even run from a different directory. I have heard a while ago perl MUST be in C:\perl. I doubt that perl uses registry settings, so that would be a big plus, also I doubt they use any 'special' dll's So it _should_ be possible. If I can find the answer to this question, as soon as I find some time, I could supply patches : )
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