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[H_TeXMeX_H]

Yeah ... I forgot about that ... well you can imagine that it takes a shitload more time on Window$ than installing stuff on Linux.

[H_TeXMeX_H]

I just installed Fedora Core 5 and the script doesn't work anymore ... it gives me these errors in connection to the tail and tar commands:

tail: cannot open `+21' for reading: No such file or directory

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Are the environment variables screwed ? How do I fix it ?

[H_TeXMeX_H]

I've found out a bit more ...

> tail: cannot open `+7` for reading: No such file or directory.
 > Error in check sum 1640625506 1987377779
 > Problem with either License Agreement or j2sdk bianry.

The tail problem has been located, tail will not work with +/-
if its compiled with NLS and linked to glibc 2.3.3 (it checks posix
version to invalidate old style options).

A global fix for this is in the works... no need to go sedit on makefiles.

http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/lunar/2004-August/004505.html

[Aloone_Jonez]

Huh?
Don't get it, I'm a nube to all this scripting stuff.

Does this mean you've fixed it then?

You forgot the fact where you have to reboot after running most windows installers.

What installers on which Windows version?

I've never had to reboot after installing software on any modern (post 2k) OS unless it requires special drivers.

[piratePenguin]

What installers on which Windows version?

I've never had to reboot after installing software on any modern (post 2k) OS unless it requires special drivers.

Install any software, and it'll ask you to reboot. Dunno why, probably because the people who wrote the installer software were retards, and were writing for retards.

Then there's DirectX and other shit which will tell you you HAVE TO reboot and not give you a cancel/later option. What's next? A 1 second timer so you can save your work?

When something's already loaded in RAM, updating it can bring bad news. So you update it before the system starts, after a reboot... That's the only time you should need to reboot for installing software, really.

Huh?
Don't get it, I'm a nube to all this scripting stuff.

There's a bug in the setup and a fix is in the works.

[mobrien_12]

Penguin in right.  I have to use XP pro at work and it's install-reboot install-reboot.

[H_TeXMeX_H]

Actually ... I'll probably have to rewrite the script ... in a more universal fashion. But I guess that's one of the problems with scripts ... it may work well today ... but not tomorrow. Maybe I'll try doing it in python ... or maybe just stay away from specialized commands like tail and sed etc.

[piratePenguin]

Actually ... I'll probably have to rewrite the script ... in a more universal fashion. But I guess that's one of the problems with scripts ... it may work well today ... but not tomorrow. Maybe I'll try doing it in python ... or maybe just stay away from specialized commands like tail and sed etc.

"specialized" ?
tail and sed are pretty standard on UNIXes..

That bug is pretty shit. Bugs like that don't really happen alot, though.

[H_TeXMeX_H]

Well ... yeah, I guess ... it certainly could be done without the use of tail and sed ... then if any bugs pop up (rare as they may be) it won't affect the script ... so I don't have to rewrite it. But, ok, maybe sed won't have any future bugs