Re: Simplifying package installation.

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel gnu org>]

> SGI solved this quite elegantly. The downloadable packages are in
> the netscrap mime-types to run a binary that guides you through the 
> decision to install - including needing the root password

heh.

Elegantly if you ignore the fact that most IRIX holes come from this
feature;  And also, I do not want to give root to my 300 users here
:-)

Miguel.