[wpkg-users] wpkg and unattended

[Frank Lee]

Hi All,

> Are you using wpkg to push out updates?
> Are you using wpkg to push out new apps so don't have to rebuild the
> whole PC?

I use unattended to install just the OS and wpkg on a machine. wpkg then 
takes over and adds the packages. (I was quite happy with unattended's 
package installation but I want to be able to add packages and remove them 
on the fly without reinstalling...)

> It would be a pain to navigate through a .xml with 90 packages, how do
> users of wpkg manage?

I use a database of packages, computers and licences - XML files are built 
up from a query or two which makes things a bit more manageable.

> I am currently using unattended and I looking at wpkg as a way to push
> out updates. I guess I could just use wpkg to call unattended scripts.

I started by converting unattended scripts into WPKG scripts. I had a few 
problems using autoit scripts (specifically the WinWait (?) commands 
didn't work) so you might be forewarned there. If it's really necessary to 
install software like that, I go back to unattended and reinstall the 
machine.

My long term goal is to allow users to make adjustments to the database 
for site-licenced software which get fed through to the XML files and 
enacted on reboot or when the service restarts.

Yours,

Frank



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