[M3devel] cminstall says too much

[Jay K]

cminstall is really not so great.

Here is one criticism -- it says too much.

 

-bash-3.00$ ./cminstall

 

Thank you for using Critical Mass CM3.  This program
will configure and install the system.

 

cminstall_root is set to /home/jay/t/min
If this is not correct, please restart the installer with
-root <directory-of-installer-and-system-archive>

 

[Jay Is it ever wrong? Must it always be reported?]

 

If the installer runs interactively, it will ask you some questions
about the locations of programs and libraries.
Usually it will display a default inside [], which can be
accepted with <Enter>.


If the installer has found several choices, you may cycle through them
with `+' or `.' for the next and `-' for the previous one.
You may of course also enter a completely different value.

 

[I didn't run it interactively. Why tell me all this?]

 

Installing CM3 in: /usr/local/cm3
This may take a few minutes...

CM3 is now installed.

Before you begin, here's a few reminders:

 

  1) The CM3 compiler executable is in:
        /usr/local/cm3/bin/cm3
     You may need to modify your PATH environment variable to find it.
     And on Unix, you may need to type "rehash" to your shell.

 

  2) CM3's shared libraries and any you create and ship are in:
        /usr/local/cm3/lib
     On some Unix systems you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     (on Darwin / MacOS X it's called DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH)
     environment variable before running programs that use
     these shared libraries (usually not necessary).

 

[This applies to almost no systems, esp. the Mac part.]

 

  3) Your system configuration file is:
        /usr/local/cm3/bin/cm3.cfg
     At any point in time, you may edit it to modify or update your
     installation.

 

  4) A copy of this installation dialogue is in:
        /usr/local/cm3/Install.log

 

[dialogue for non-interactive installs?]

 

  5) If you had trouble with this installation or need more assistance,
     please send us a transcript of this installation via e-mail at
     "m3-support at elego.de".

Thank you.



 - Jay
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