[wpkg-users] Fwd: strange behavior installing acrobat

[Paul Bais]

Solved it already ... I used wpkg.js /install:acrobat7 from the dos prompt. 
Obviously %PACKAGES% wasn't set there ... (duh).

A feature request:
Could the messages used in wpkg.js be put in a seperate file? I translated the 
messages to dutch and now have to include them manually in every new version 
of wpkg.js. An included messages file would be nice. If only for the 
notification messages that are sent to the user.

-- Paul

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Subject: strange behavior installing acrobat
Date: Wednesday 26 April 2006 08:46
From: Paul Bais <paul.bais at storkspm.com>
To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org

I've just started using wpkg and am impressed with its configuration and
features. Keep up the good work! :)

Installing acrobat reader 7 (dutch) with wpkg 0.9.8.
As per the instructions in the silent installers section, I downloaded the
installer, ran it, and copied the data1.cab and acrobat707nl.msi files to my
server. I'm using this package configuration (simplified):

<package
	id="acrobat7"
	name="Acrobat Reader 7.0.7"
	revision="1"
	reboot="false"
	priority="0">
	<check type="file" condition="exists" path="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" />
	<install
cmd='msiexec /q /i "\\lx02-file\wpkg\packages\acrobat7\acrobat707nl.msi"
allusers=1'>
		<exit code="1619" />
	</install>
</package>

This works. However, for the rest of my packages I use the %PACKAGES%
environment variable (which is set to \\lx02-file\wpkg\packages in
wpkg-start.bat). This doesn't work with the configuration above. Running
wpkg.js /install:acrobat7 tells me it installs the package, then terminates
before the installation is done because the post-install check fails (does
the msiexec run in the background?). I've also tried with a
condition="uninstall" check with the same result. I'm not sure if this is a
bug in wpkg or in the acrobat installer  ...

Note that exit code 1619 is specific to the dutch version of acrobat
installer.

-- Paul









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