Re: [MacPerl] Installing on Users' Macs

[John W Baxter <jwblist@olympus.net>]

At 10:48 -0600 12/3/98, Timothy Knox wrote:
>Perhaps a MacPerl folder, in the Extensions folder (the way Aladdin,
>MachTen, and others do it). Also, in that folder, have a Read Me that
>says, "If your remove this folder, the following applications will cease
>working:" Then have each MacPerl app that installs add a line to the
>file. This way, we at least give the users a chance at not screwing
>things up. And after all, users know that messing with the System Folder,
>especially the Extensions folder, is asking for a good swift kick in the
>teeth.

If this be done, let the Conflict Catcher folks know what the folder is,
and that it should survive a clean install followed by Conflict Catcher's
merge thing.

  --John (the last Mac user on the planet who has never used Conflict Catcher)
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John Baxter   jwblist@olympus.net      Port Ludlow, WA, USA
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach him to fish,
and you get rid of him for the weekend.

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