Re: Additional info needed about "PackageMaker"
Re: Additional info needed about "PackageMaker"
- Subject: Re: Additional info needed about "PackageMaker"
- From: Markus Hitter <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:15:29 +0200
Am Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2001 um 00:54 schrieb Nicolas Robin:
... and let the "outside world" use other tools like
Aladdin's InstallerMaker or Mindvision's Installer Vise ?
Unfortunately, these installers make an installation an lengthy process:
1) Unmount all partitions not really needed for installation.
2) Record info on all files on your disk, using something like[*]:
find / -exec ls -lud {} \; >allfilesbefore
3) Run the installer, but don't allow to reboot. If needed,
force-quit the installer.
4) Record your disk again into another file.
5) Compare both recordings.
6) Decide wether the installer damaged something substantial or
files were installed which could do so.
7) Proceed / reboot
The only situation this doesn't help is when the installer
decides to remove something which existed before. Then you have
to look into your backup.
You might call me paranoid, but some bad experiences told me to
do so. I could give examples of bad behaviour and unneeded use
of root permissions.
Until today, all Installers refused to work without root
password so file permissions are somewhat useless *sigh*
Markus
[*] You can safely ignore resource stuff here.
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Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter
http://www.jump-ing.de/