Re: 1.2.0 binary install

[norseman <norseman@firstlight.net>]

Jan Willem Stumpel wrote:
> 
> Ged Haywood wrote:
> 
> > Actually I dislike the verbosity,
> My point was that I think *dummies* like the verbosity. If you are
> a dummy, then of course I am mistaken.
> 
> > but 'v' option or not, the tar manpage on my boxes says: [..]
> Linux as a whole (not only dosemu) suffers from incredibly bad
> documentation. xfzv works, and has worked for years, in any
> permutation.
> 
> > Sounds like time to send in a documentation patch. I tell you
> > what.  You write it, I'll test it.  Deal?
> You never (as you said) even tried the binary install. Some
> tester! But I did. Let's do it the other way round: you make it
> work (including the font part), then I write the doc. Deal?
> 
> Seriously: I think the binary install should do exactly the same
> that the (excellent) source install does; i.e. it should put
> exactly the same files in exactly the same locations (/usr/local)
> that are used by ./configure, make, [become root] make install. It
> should just free the dummy user from the compilation step, for
> which he/she most probably lacks the tools, and would be
> confronted with (to her/him) incomprehensible error messages
> because of that. It should (like the source install) also be
> independent of freedos, because dosemu itself is independent of
> it. Like the source install, it should ask which directory is the
> 'C drive'. If user/dummy does not know, it should be pointed out
> that some form of DOS is needed, and installation of freedos offered.
> 
> > PS: Do you always send UTF-8?
> In principle, yes.. but in Mozilla, apostrophes often behave
> weirdly, don't quite understand why. ASCII is supposed to be valid
> UTF-8. 'Send'? '73'? Radio?
> 
> Regards, Jan
> 
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Go get'm Jan!

I agree 100% with you.


As long as things are getting cleaned up:
	I suppose it makes one think their project is bigger if they
scatter it out all over the damn place. But I suggest something like:
		$HOME/.dosemu 	       drives/and user's config and such
		/usr/local/dosemu      EVERYTHING else
If having a hundered directories makes one feel more important, or just
not able work without them, have at it in this one spot.

BIG NOTE:
	MSDOS itself does not support record or file locking. 
Linux does and DOSEMU.bin can enforce. ONE user at a time please.
Applies to /usr/local/dosemu/freedos and actual MSDOS partitions.
exception:  if a $HOME/freedos is used.  Then each user would have
his/her own dos world and locks would not apply.

Steve Turner
norseman@firstlight.net