[ome-users] Re: Installation sanity checks

[Chris Allan]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 01:45:37PM +0100, Graham Klyne wrote:
> At 13:05 08/07/05 +0100, Chris Allan wrote:
> >> Now that I'm in feedback mode, I just tried some pre-installation checks
> >> with the current kit, and got these errors:
> >> [[
> >> [root at delos OME]# ls -al install.pl
> >> -rwxr-xr-x  1 1002 users 8382 Jan 27 17:27 install.pl
> >> [root at delos OME]# perl install.pl -a
> >> Unable to restore the installation environemnt from file at install.pl 
> >line
> >> 203.
> >> [root at delos OME]# perl install.pl -c
> >> Unable to restore the installation environemnt from file at install.pl 
> >line
> >> 203.
> >> ]]
> >
> >You can't do those checks until you've installed.
> 
> Hmmm... why would I want to perform those checks *after* installation?

You wouldn't, it's a bug in the installer. :)

> 
> Suggest:
> (a) when running those tests, display a message saying they only work 
> post-installation
> (b) in the help text display, or in the installation guide, indicate what 
> kinds of problem they are intended to pick up.  My assumption, which I 
> think was reasonable, was that these were pre-installation checks to ensure 
> that installation prerequisites were satisfied.
> 
> #g

Ciao.

-Chris