From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Feb 18 20:55: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 163C837B401 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 20:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14UiVa-0000NI-00; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:05:10 -0700 Message-ID: <3A90A986.C8455C8A@softweyr.com> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:05:10 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving Things References: <200102190425.VAA11378@usr05.primenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > > To add some more fuel to the fire, here is the source code for the > SCO configuration management tools: > > http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/#mkvol > http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/#mkpkg > http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/#pkgtools > > PS: I'm still thinking that an "installshield" type tool, and a > Windows-like "Add/Remove Programs" control panel would be a > healthy chunk of having all this work done. > > PPS: There's a Java version of InstallShield, which can run on > FreeBSD: http://www.installshield.com/iemp/features/default.asp At Clyde Digital/Raxco/Axent Technologies, we did a platform-independant installer that was a shell script with a .tgz appended to it. The script determined which platform it was running on and extracted the correct bits for that architecture and operating system. Before anyone gets their undies in a bundle over this, it might be worth- while to coordinate with the Open Packages folks, who seem to be working on similar issues. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message