Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl installation, folders

[Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

In article <3817a37c.2960018@relay.skynet.be>, bart.lateur@skynet.be (Bart Lateur) writes:

> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:30:36 -0700, Larry F. Allen-Tonar wrote:
>> I think a 'fat' MacPerl is still a good idea, as there is at least one
>> local network with both 68K and PPC machines on it.

>> At 11:07 PM +0200 10/26/99, Matthias Neeracher wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm currently opposed to separating 68K and PPC installs, because in my
>>> (somewhat dated) administration experience, it was really convenient to have a
>>> single installer from which to install 68K, PPC, and fat, as appropriate
>>> (plus,
>>> if you want to make fat standalones, you need a fat application.
>> Yup. Yup. Yup.

> Can we not reverse the process? Strip what you don't need from an
> installed MacPerl? I'm thinking of a small app which would throw away
> from the MacPerl executable, what you don't need.

That is, in fact, exactly what the MacPerl installer already does unless you
explicitly specify a fat installation.

Matthias

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