new setup: chooser
David A. Cobb
superbiskit@home.com
Tue Aug 22 10:50:00 GMT 2000
DJ Delorie wrote:
>[mecklen:]
>> I just ran this program and it seemed to work just fine. It did,
>> however, create and leave two folders on my desktop, called "contrib"
>> and "latest". These folders have .tar.gz files in them for the three
>> packages it downloaded. I'm not sure why it did this and I certainly
>> don't want them sitting on my desktop. Obviously I will delete them,
>> but I thought you'd like to know...
>
> This is intended behavior, and it's always worked that way. Next time
> you need to install, it won't download those again because it already
> has them, even if you completely remove your installed area.
>
DJ, it sounds like he put the installer, etc. _on his desktop_.
That probably isn't the best place given the way setup adds to the
directory tree from the install point.
ALSO: You offered hints re. setup programming. I would like to take
a look at this. Thanks.
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