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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider)
Subject: Re: extract "etc01" ?/problem
Message-ID: <1993Apr12.155525.22223@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
Keywords: extarct etc01
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References: <C5DH75.5z5@wang.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 15:55:25 GMT
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In article <C5DH75.5z5@wang.com> michael@wang.com (michael aldrich) writes:
>hi there:
>i recently download the bindist and the etcdist and was able
>to extarct the bino01 distribution with-out problems, however
>when i did the extract on etc01 this is what happend:
>---
>cd /tmp
>./extract etc01
>checking distribution files
>unpacking distribution
>final installation
>
>/tmp/install.etc01	can't open /tmp/install.etc01
>extract cannot execute installation script of distribution, failed
>---
>it seems that all the files were extracted..  so what does this 
>installation script do  and is the any clues of why
>it was not created...??

This happens to everybody, and I forget if the bug is in the install
program or something else, but just ignore it.  Everything extracted
fine.

toodlepip!
Marc 'em.
-- 
  storm@cs.mcgill.ca           McGill P.O.W Camp         "Oh crap---It's not
  Marc Wandschneider           Montreal, CANADA             random enough"
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