On Mon, 14 May 2001, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
Joshua Slive wrote: > > I don't really see the point in having complete documentation > both in the manual and in the INSTALL file.
There should be a file that can be viewed in one xterm while going through the installation process in another. It can be terse, but having to have a browser running to get this info is a bit much. INSTALL should be this file.
I understand your point, although I think most people would just use "lynx docs/manual/install.html" in their xterm.
FYI: Darwin and Solaris 8 don't include lynx, and in single user mode it may be difficult or impossible for the user to bring up X to get at the Netscape (or IE on Mac OS X).
This is a major issue for patching Solaris, although I don't see it as key for installing Apache. I'd expect users to have a working web browser by the time they get to installing server software.
I don't have any problem with expecting people to print out the (HTML) doc ahead of time, if for some reason they have to install in a nongraphical mode.
Chris Pepper -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/> Rockefeller U Computing Services: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/> Mac OS X Software: <http://www.mosxsw.com/>
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