[photran-dev] p2 may have gotten even worse - installing Intel compiler

[Jeffrey Overbey <overbey2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I decided to try installing Linux Intel compiler support (Eclipse 
3.6RC1, Photran 6.0M7) on a Mac to see what error message so I could 
update the documentation appropriately.

The first time I tried, I didn't get an error message at all.  I clicked 
the "Next" button, the status bar went across (briefly flashing "cannot 
complete the request" if you look very closely), and then it returned to 
the same dialog page, with no error message and absolutely no indication 
that anything was wrong.

I closed the installer dialog and tried again.

The second time, it ignored the platform filter (linux) and gleefully 
installed Linux compiler support on my Mac.

I remember getting an unfamiliar error message when I tried it a week or 
two ago.  Not the same one as in Eclipse 3.5, but equally cryptic.

If someone else could try this, maybe after the RC1 build, I would 
appreciate it.  I get the feeling there is at least one bug that needs 
to be filed on the p2 installer...

(FWIW, I made some comments on the relevant bug in p2 to get the cryptic 
error message fixed, but the p2 guys told me that a useful and 
comprehensible error message like "You cannot install this feature 
because you are not running Linux" was out of the question.  So my goal 
at this point is to be able to tell users what to expect so at least it 
will pop up when they Google the error message...)

Jeff