[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Gerald Combs wrote:

> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>  
>
> > prosen wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > 2) There are a number of dependant libraries that go into
> > > c:\ethereal-win32-libs. Would it be possible to put them all into a
> > > single .zip file that unzipped to c:\ethereal-win32-libs? It took me a
> > > while to get all the libraries and get them in the right path.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > I can imagine this is a serious problem, sometimes for myself. I would
> > tend to agree, that a "one size fits all" zip file would be a good
> > thing to have available. This might be a maintenance problem, as Gerald
> > (the maintainer of the webpage), currently
> > can simply copy the files form their origins onto the webpage.
> >
> > Gerald, what do you think about that idea? I would love it :-)
> >    
>
> It would be easier (and probably less error-prone) on my end to keep
> them separate.  Would it make sense to write a script to download and
> unpack the files into $ETHEREAL_LIBS automatically?  Along with
> downloading files, we could use it to verify that the rest of the build
> environment is sane, e.g. that the toolchain is present and in working
> order.
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Hmmm, downloading things are always error prone to make it work on every 
machine, in my experience.

Nonetheless an interesting approach, might a be a tool somewhere, doing 
already exactly this :-)
First comes in mind is the cygwin installer, but I have no knowledge of 
configuring it, only using  :-))

We could start with making a script, (when having already all zip files 
in one dir) which will check for the required files
and unpack the files at their appropriate places. This could also check 
for the required tools.

I will have a look around for a tool like this and think about it...

Regards, ULFL