Greetings. I am - as mentioned on the users list - working on a graphical Mac interface to mhonarc, and in the same vein have built a relatively simple mhonarc installer for Mac OS X, so the users do not need to touch the command line if they do not want to.
I am using OS X's built in installer package system. The MHonArc package contains the files needed to install mhonarc (no docs, extras, etc) and runs the install.me file with -batch and -nodoc. I have packaged the installer up along with my own readme file and a folder containing the original MHonArc docs. I chose to do it that way because under OS X, unlike *nix, there's not really a good place to put docs as that by default. There is not much error recovery really. If the installer fails, the package reports that an error occured, without specifying what exactly happened. Currently I have only tested this installer under OS X 10.3, so I do not know how it fares on earlier systems. I'll be able to get my hands on 10.2 tomorrow probably, but I have no access to older versions. If anybody does, I'd love to hear about it. When I know more about that I'll include some kind of check for the system version. I'd also like to know if there are any other files that I should put into the package. License infos etc? Or should I put all the extra files into a separate folder along with the installer, too? I chose not to because I feel this installer is aimed at users who will not want to do any much customizing. If so, they can still go get the original archive. The current test version is here: http://liepins.org/mhonarc/MHonArc-2.6.8-OSX.tar.gz Any tests or recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, _Lasar -- Lasar Liepins... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liepins.de/ ___ ___ By hiding the eyes, mirrorshades prevent the _______________ ___ forces of normalcy from realising that one is ______________ ___ crazed and possibly dangerous. - Bruce Sterling ____________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE MHONARC-DEV
