[MacPerl] Installing on Users' Macs

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

I keep hearing that it is some sort of problem to install MacPerl on users'
machines.  I don't get it.  I really don't.  Hard drive space is a good
reason, but other than that, I don't get it.

I can think of a few solutions, though.

One would be to make a static build of MacPerl for PPC and 68K that had all
the text files  (.pl, .ph, .pm, etc.) in the resource fork.  One big app
with everything, hold the mayo.

The other is a script that would, after installing MacPerl, make the folder
invisible and lock everything up so it could not be "messed" with by
anyone.  A corresponding unlock/visible script could be made, too.

Thoughts?  The second idea can be implemented now.  The first can only be
implemented right now with 68K code, but in the future it could be done
with both, I think.

I would still install the entire MacPerl installation on everyone's
machines, but this might help others of you who have really stupid users.
:-)

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