fp5/Linux 2.6 -- anyone got it running?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 08:13:49PM -0500, Fairlight wrote:
> > Thanks for the reminder, Mark.  The install does pop an error about
> > that almost immediately, but then hides it with the licence agreement.
> 
> Well that reminder didn't really do you a lot of good if you managed to
> overlook it and trip the error anyway, did it?  :)

It sure did.  I said "Wait!  Mark just *told* me about the other thing
I have to do <shuffle> What was that again? <shuffle>"  :-)

> > But do let me say that that's about the *only* quibble I have with the
> > 5.0 installer; it's *nice*, otherwise.  Who wrote this again?  Jerry
> > Rains?
> 
> You know, you're the first person I've -ever- heard say a single good
> thing about that installer.  I've heard many a horror story about its
> functionality (or lack thereof), and the code is supposed to be bloated as
> all get-out for what it does.  I dunno who wrote it.  Check the code--maybe
> it's commented.

Hmmm... 

> As for your one quibble--well, that's called reading the Release Notes.  Or
> at the very least it's called paying attention to the very last thing I
> said the day before.  That the installer apparently uses filePro to install
> filePro makes...very little logical sense to me.

Why not?  You've got it along with you, so you know it's there.

I suppose it is *a little* like writing cp(1) in COBOL, but...

> >       If you can read this... thank a system adminstrator.  Or two.  --me
> 
> You might want to fix this:                        ^^

Naaah.  SA's don't need to be able to spell.

:-)  Thanks; I'd missed it entirely.

Cheers,
-- jra
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