[wpkg-users] settings folders problem:

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Sherwood Botsford wrote:
> 
> I'm missing something about the use of settings folders.
> Wpkg doesn't seem to find them.
> 
> I'm using wpkg 0.9.10 stable.
> 
> I have created a hosts, profiles, and packages folders, and for now, 
> have just moved the appropriate xml files into those folders.
> 
> I run wpkg from the following script:
> 
> set PROGARAMFILES="C:\Program Files"

Normally, you don't need to set your "Program Files" variable.
Besides, you wrote "progAramfiles=" (look at the A).

> set INST=\\conan\Installers
> set WPKGROOT=\\conan\Installers\wpkg
> set PACKAGES=%WPKGROOT%\packages

you don't need to set this variable (PACKAGES).


> set PROFILES=%WPKGROOT%\profiles

this one either (PROFILES)...

> set HOSTS=%WPKGROOT%\hosts

and this one either (HOSTS)...

> set LOG=\\conan\wpkglog
> set DLL=C:\winnt\system32
> set HDWRINSP=\\conan\installers\Hardware\Inspiron1300
> net use L: %LOG%
> 
> #Line below is actually a single line -- folded by mailer.
> cscript %WPKGROOT%\wpkg.js /synchronize /debug /nonotify > 
> L:\%COMPUTERNAME%.log
> 
> net use L: /delete
> 
> When I run this script, I get the following message logged:
> 
> 
> 
> Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
> 
> Reboot-Cmd is standard.
> base directory \\conan\Installers\wpkg.
> Error parsing xml: System error: -2146697210.
> 
> File      \\conan\Installers\wpkg\hosts.xml
> Line      0
> Linepos   0
> Filepos   0
> srcText

Where did you read that you can set these profiles with variables? 
Perhaps the documentation should be corrected.


> So it's still looking for hosts.xml in the base directory.
> Is there a flag I need to include to tell it to use folders?

Yes, you still need hosts.xml, packages.xml and profiles.xml files in 
the directory where wpkg.js is.

Check this thread for more info:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30198301&forum_id=42940

"You need to also have profiles.xml, packages.xml and hosts.xml files, 
in the same directory in which you have wpkg.js.
They can't be totally empty, they must have at least:
  * <profiles></profiles> for profiles.xml
  * <packages></packages> for packages.xml
  * <wpkg></wpkg> for hosts.xml"

It will be commented better in the next release with something like:

      DO NOT remove this file, even if all your packages are in
      "packages" directory.
      This file needs to contain at least the line:
      <profiles></profiles>

Perhaps it should be added to the wiki, too.


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org






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