From: Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com>
Date: 2003-06-14T05:07:54+09:00
Subject: Re: RaaInstallInRuby petition


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On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 15:54, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 15:20, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> > Seriously, I like raa-install, but I would
> > like to see Windows compatibility addressed.
> >=20
> > Windows compatibility is pretty good, I think - though I haven't tested
> > it much - Patrick May did a bunch testing and fixes for  Windows.
>=20
> Was that recently? I tried it a few months ago=20
> on win98 and had some problems.

I don't recall, and he probably didn't test on 98. Worth a try though.=20

> > The main problem is stuff that needs a C compiler, but we need a binary
> > packaging system to work around that.
>=20
> What does it do now in that case?=20

Actually because RAA-Install just calls the install.rb that comes in the
package it works just as well or just as badly as if you tried to
install the package by hand.

-Tom


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