On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Nathan Torkington wrote: > A .pkg is specifically just a distribution of files to be installed > using the Installer program. You can add pre- and post- actions to a > package (which I should have done for Perl--update your .cshrc to add > /usr/local/perl5-8 to the path). The prompting for admin password, > confirming acceptance of the license, selecting the drive to install > on ... all that's done by the Installer program in response to > instructions in the .pkg file. > > I used .pkg instead of .dmg because Perl's location is hard-coded in > the binary, so it *has* to go into /usr/local/perl5-8. If I'd just > given you a filesystem, you could have copied it anywhere and then > filled my mailbox with "you suck, Torkington!" email :-) >
Actually, I'm just as happy you didn't update my .cshrc, since I don't use csh/tcsh -- I use zsh. I can handle a Readme that says I need to update my PATH. joe
