Steve, True ... but:
I'm looking to use it for throwing open source software onto a machine from a CD after it's had the base os installed (win, linux or os x). If you get a mess, then delete it and try again. I am certainly not looking at ant as a replacement for GUI style installers. Simon >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:39 PM >To: Ant Users List >Subject: Re: Ant Featured in Out-of-the-Box > > >Ant isnt a consumer grade installer as it doesnt install things as >transactions, and as everyone knows, the worst install is one >that stops >halfway leaving things in an indeterminate mess. > >But that's not surprising, ant was never written as an install >tool. I use >it all the time for deployment tho'. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chappell, Simon P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 05:56 >Subject: RE: Ant Featured in Out-of-the-Box > > >Now how excellent can you get!? :-) > >I have been considering using ant for some installs, but had >wondered if it >would really be suitable, now I'll look again at the matter. > >Question (which may be answered on your site, but I haven't >read it all yet) >how do you manage to ensure that you have a JRE/SDK available >for ant when >running from a CD-ROM and how do you set Windows environment >variables so >that they will persist across sessions? > >Simon > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
