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Hello Roy - 

RJT>  

RJT>> A better setup package would put in *only* the ones you
RJT>> wanted. 

CA>> Sort of. I was thinking about what you had said about the
CA>> install creating all those directories and subdirectories
CA>> and it occurred to me that if it did not do that then it
CA>> might be possible to put files in wrong-named directories
CA>> that other binaries might then not be able to locate when
CA>> they were needed. It really does make sense when you think
CA>> of it that way to put all common named directories onto
CA>> the drive before the user can get too 'creative' and make
CA>> a mess of it. ;-) 

RJT> It occurred to me on thinking over this a bit more that
RJT> having each package be responsible for checking on and
RJT> creating its own directories would be a *lot* more
RJT> complicated, and probably a real maintenance headache... 

Yup. I would leave the directories install put there myself. I
might empty the ones for stuff I didn't want but I'd leave the
directory. 

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CA>> There are advantages to being 'forgotten' sort of like
CA>> camouflage. :-) 

RJT> Yep... 

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