On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 09:33, Chris Halls wrote: > Thanks John for your suggestions! > > I've modified the openoffice script to test for the .openoffice and > .sversionrc files and use that information to help the user, but I do > not > want to automatically fix things yet: I have to agree that this is probably better for now.
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:24:57PM +0100, John M Cooper wrote: > > if [ ! -d ~/.openoffice ]; then > > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/setup > -R:/etc/openoffice/autoresponse.conf > > fi > > > > Could be changed to > > > > if [ ! -d ~/.openoffice ]; then > > if [ -r ~/.sversionrc ]; then > > mv ~/.sversionrc ~/.sversionrc.orig > > fi > > I'm going to go for a more conservative version. At the moment, I > haven't > looked in the users openoffice directory to find out what is important > in > there. The solution you proposed effectively disables the old version > of > the directory without warning - I'd rather leave that for the user to > sort > out themselves until we know the implications. So, for now, I'm just > going > to stop the script with a diagnostic message if there's a problem. > Hopefully we can make the diagnostic helpful enough so a user knows > where to > look for problems. I was just proposing moving the .sversionrc file out of the way if they did not have an .openoffice directory. This will only happen if the user has installed OOo from the tarballs not from the deb. It will not do anything if there is already an .openofficerc dir. > > > if [ ! -d ~/.kde2 ]; then > > if [ -d ~/.kde ]; then > > ln -s ~/.kde ~/.kde2 > > else > > mkdir ~/.kde2 > > fi > > fi > > Again, I'd rather be more conservative. If we do this, setup places > files > inside the user's KDE directory. If the .deb is removed, the user has > no > way to get these files removed because OOo setup is needed to remove > them. > It should not be necessary to place these in the user's home directory, > since they should be installed systemwide anyway and disabled in the > user > setup. Until it is sorted out, I'd rather have the error messages than > bloat users home directories. > Did not think of it that way. Agreed that we need to make the deb install menu items in the main menu during the deb install and then stop the OOo install trying to write to the local dirs. John -- John Cooper |Phone 0114 223 3052 Your Senior IT Administrator |Fax 0114 290 9192 Your Communications - Sheffield |email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ Your Communications Ltd Portland House Moorfield Sheffield S3 8UG Switchboard number : 0114 290 9090 The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is forbidden. Your Communications Limited will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damage as a result of any virus being passed on, or arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party. Your Communications Limited (England and Wales No. 3842309) registered office Dawson House, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LW ************************************************************************ Disclaimer end. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
