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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Install vs Copy
Keywords: Installer
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Date: 24 Feb 89 03:41:56 GMT
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Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA
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If you haven't customized your System file, then there shouldn't be
any problem with just copying the file.  Installer exists because
people frequently customize the System file (e.g. they install fonts
and DAs).  It only replaces the parts of the System file that are
included in the new one, leaving any user-installed additions there.

Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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