To use or _NOT_ to use InstallShield? WAS: Re: B19: InstallShield reports: "WinExec failed: return=20" after 99% completion
George Capehart
gcapehart@mindspring.com
Tue May 5 08:28:00 GMT 1998
Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
<snip discussion of InstallShield>
>
> I'd like to see a zipped tarball of the binaries and include files;
> and, a zipped tarball of the diffs in the cdk-src.
>
> Using the InstallShield gets in the way of the intelligent and the
> non-intelligent aren't going to understand it even if you provided
> mpeg explaining it.
>
> The idea here is that you must already have some concept of the UNIX
> filesystem and UNIX administration. If you don't have that, then
> you've got to learn it also; and it still doesn't matter how it is
> packaged.
>
> Just my two cents worth,
>
FWIW, I agree . . .
gwc
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