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Subject: Re: Majordomo 1.94 Beta 3, whee!!
From: Dave Wolfe <dwolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 09:07:38 -0500 (CDT)
To: cwilson @ slurp . neu . sgi . com
Cc: majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.SOL.3.95.960923232031.9249G-100000@atlantis.csc.umd.edu> from "Randall S. Winchester" at Sep 24, 96 00:59:19 am
Reply-to: Dave Wolfe <david_wolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com>

[ Randall S. Winchester writes: ]
> 
> 2) "make install" and make install-wrapper" had a couple directions
> switched.
> 
> a) "make install" outputs:
> 
> To finish the installation, 'su' to root and type: 
>     make install-wrapper
> or if not installing the wrapper, do 
>     cd /var/spool/majordomo; ./wrapper config-test
> to verify the installation
> 
> NOTE:
> The next to the last line above should be "./wrapper config-test"

I think this whole set of instructions is confusing. Odds are, most
users will think they're supposed to 'su' to root and run config-test,
which is wrong, wrong, wrong.

>   $TMPDIR = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} ? $ENV{'TMPDIR'} : '/usr/tmp';

Aaakkkk!!

    $TMPDIR = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} || '/usr/tmp';

Or even:

    $TMPDIR = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} || $ENV{'TMP'} || $ENV{'TEMP'} || '/usr/tmp';

-- 
 Dave Wolfe    *Not a spokesman for Motorola*
 Motorola MMTG  6501 Wm. Cannon Dr. W. OE112  Austin  TX  78735-8598


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