Re: A Prudent User

[donalson]

"Paul E. Johnson" wrote:

> donalson wrote:
> >
> > First, a quick documentation comment.  You should remove any reference
> > to "bash" in the documentation.  If you install over cygnus 1.9 "bash"
> > is left in the menu and if you chose it instead of "terminal" it hangs
> > up the system.
> >
>
> Wouldn't a prudent user uninstall swarm and then cygnus, and then
> install the new one?

Paul,

>
> The prudent user would far more likely want to leave the old install in
> place in case the present version of their app won't work under the newer
> version of Swarm (even after following the porting instructions.)  It allows
> a quick confirmation that the copy of the app is not contaminated.  I have
> used this in the past quite successfully, and it has often been needed.
>
> D3
>
>
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