sbotsford wrote: > > I've run into several packages that give you the option to reboot, and > tell you that the package doesn't take effect until a reboot. > > Right now the attribute reboot takes two values, true or false. I > suggest a third option, AtEnd, neaning that this package needs a reboot, > but it doesn't have to be immediate. > > So for example, Internet Explorer 6 service pack 1 and win2k Service > Pack 4 both require a reboot to take effect. But they don't need a > reboot between them. > > So if reboot=atend was an option, wpkg would: > Organize by priorities. > Organize by depends > Within any priority, install anything that said reboot=false > install anything that said reboot=atend > install one package that said reboot=true. > > This could save a lot of reboots. It would be a nice feature, and a useful one I guess. Technically, it should be easy to implement: - if a package has reboot=atend, set the value of the variable accordingly - before WPKG ends its execution, check the value of the variable. If it points that we should reboot at end, do it. Feel free to add the request on http://bugs.wpkg.org. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users |