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List:       exmh-workers
Subject:    Re: cool install feature?
From:       "Brent B. Welch" <Brent.Welch () Eng ! Sun ! COM>
Date:       1997-06-04 17:23:13
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Gareth is right - all the install info is saved in a .exmhinstall file.
I don't like typing, either...

>>>Gareth Owen said:
 > > I was just thinking that, rather than have me type in the same info
 > > over and over again (every time I install a new version), wouldn't it
 > > be cool if the install script did a `which exmh` and used the values
 > > in the current installation as defaults for the new install?
 > 
 > It does if you've still got the previous installation or , in particular
 > the file .exmhinstall, in the same tree as the new one.
 > That is , if you have something like
 > 
 > 	~/src/mail/exmh-2.0gamma
 > 
 > which only needs to contain .exmhinstall  and unpack delta into
 > 
 > 	~/src/mail/exmh-2.0delta
 > 
 > then the install script will pick up the gamma configuration file.
 > 
 > 
 > Gareth
 > 
 > -- 
 > Gareth Owen , LIS Academic Systems , Aston University , Birmingham , UK
 > 
 > 

--	Brent Welch	Sun Labs	brent.welch@sun.com

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