Re: make installer to copy arbitrary files.

Benjamin Smedberg wrote:

> Ganesh wrote:
> 
>> I am required to do some work on IBM Web Browser on OS/2  installer 
>> (Mozilla based browser). As we can not dynamically link to the runtime 
>> dll (innotek GCC), because of licencing issues. I need to change the 
>> installer code such that it copies the arbitrary files (in this case 
>> runtime dlls) to the appropriate path. I mean when the installer 
>> finished with installing xpi files it needs to look for the runtime 
>> dll and copy it to the location of mozilla.exe.
>> Can someone help me where should I look to do this 
>> change(mozilla\xpinstall\???).
>> Ganesh,
>> IBM. 
> 
> 
> Do you work for IBM? Have you talked to Mark Kaply? (or more precisely, 
> why haven't you talked to Mark Kaply?). The installer binary installs 
> XPI files; if you want to install additional DLLs, make them into an XPI 
> with an install.js script and add them to the installer list of XPIs to 
> install (see config.it and install.it which are processed by the 
> installer build system into config.ini and install.ini).
> 
> --BDS

Thanks Benjamin I will try this.
Since Kaply is on vacation I got your contact from Javier, he also 
mentioned that I can try posting it in the newsgroup. I just tried that 
first.

Ganesh,
IBM.