Re: RPM (Was Re: Deity project schedule problems)
On 25 Sep 1997, Rob Browning wrote:
> Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
>
> > dependancy order. even this isn't a show-stopper...if the user does
> > encounter a dependancy-order problem, they can just run Install again (and
> > again if necessary) until it runs through to completion without an error.
>
> And it as I recall, it doesn't even tell you that. It would be a
> major boon if dselect just printed
>
> "Error during install, you may be able to resolve the problem
> by re-running this install step a few times"
>
> Otherwise new users can be just left with no clue what to do.
>
I agree that we should do this, but let's make it really work right by
informing the user that they should most likely run the "Config" step
first (to configure all the packages that are unpacked and configurable)
and then re-run the Install step. This comes to closure much faster than
trying to run Install over and over. (which will usually work, just takes
longer) Maybe something like:
"Error(s) during install. Execute the [C]onfig menu option, then
perform to the [I]nstall step again. Repeat until success."
Just a thought,
Dwarf
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