Re: java Install

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Christopher William Turner wrote:

> or better still eliminate the Install program altogether. As far as I
> know this program just adds some absolute file pathnames to some
> properties. Far better to leave these relative to some virtual path
> specified by command line parameter such as INSTALLDIR, that way a
> jigsaw configuration could be moved or copied (e.g between a windows
> dev machine and a unix live machine).

Well, it is quite easy to move a server, move, then java Install and
you're all set :)
I can't remember why we decided to use an Install program, but there was a
reason. We have to find out if the reason is still valid or not.

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