Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 26774 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2002 19:54:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 20 Nov 2002 19:54:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 14501 invoked by uid 97); 20 Nov 2002 19:54:59 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 14469 invoked by uid 97); 20 Nov 2002 19:54:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Users List" Reply-To: "Ant Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 14451 invoked by uid 98); 20 Nov 2002 19:54:57 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4218 created Aug 14 2002) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Ant Featured in Out-of-the-Box Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:54:42 -0600 Message-ID: <1AA6971F96FADB4A96CF73E4729B05F155E98B@USEVS012.leinternal.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Ant Featured in Out-of-the-Box Thread-Index: AcKQzMWWKjcJtJ91TTmQHAvR07wOrAAATKCA From: "Chappell, Simon P" To: "Ant Users List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Nov 2002 19:54:42.0384 (UTC) FILETIME=[AAD98500:01C290CE] X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Steve, True ... but: I'm looking to use it for throwing open source software onto a machine = from a CD after it's had the base os installed (win, linux or os x). If = you get a mess, then delete it and try again. I am certainly not looking = at ant as a replacement for GUI style installers. Simon >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Loughran [mailto:steve_l@iseran.com] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:39 PM >To: Ant Users List >Subject: Re: Ant Featured in Out-of-the-Box > > >Ant isnt a consumer grade installer as it doesnt install things as >transactions, and as everyone knows, the worst install is one=20 >that stops >halfway leaving things in an indeterminate mess. > >But that's not surprising, ant was never written as an install=20 >tool. I use >it all the time for deployment tho'. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chappell, Simon P" >To: "Ant Users List" >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 05:56 >Subject: RE: Ant Featured in Out-of-the-Box > > >Now how excellent can you get!? :-) > >I have been considering using ant for some installs, but had=20 >wondered if it >would really be suitable, now I'll look again at the matter. > >Question (which may be answered on your site, but I haven't=20 >read it all yet) >how do you manage to ensure that you have a JRE/SDK available=20 >for ant when >running from a CD-ROM and how do you set Windows environment=20 >variables so >that they will persist across sessions? > >Simon > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: =20 For additional commands, e-mail: = -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: