[wpkg-users] WPKG - issues

[Alex Owen]

Now I am subscribed...

On 03/04/07, Alex Owen <r.alex.owen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> WPKG looks to be a very nice piece of software!
>
> I have been trying to intergrate it in to an unattended(the project)
> install of wxpsp2.
> I'm not a fan of the GuiRunOnce+autologin type thing... so I was
> looking at cmdlines.txt which runs juts before the reboot leading to
> GuiRunOnce. My plan was to install WPKGsetup.msi from cmdlines.txt and
> then after the reboot  WPKG delays login and installs the rest of my
> software/config.
>
> There are 2 problems with this approach:
> (1) you can't install msi packaged software from cmdlines.txt {why?}
> (2) the delayed login thing currently has a bug where WPKG can't reboot.
>
> I gather that (2) is being worked on.
> I have not tested (1) yet but it is in the docs  that cmdlines.txt wan't do MSI.
> As I see it we could create a zip archive (for distrib purposes) which
> uses a script to copy the components into the right places and
> registers the WPKGservice  and login.dll.
>
> Anyway those are my random thoughts!!!
>
> Alex Owen
>






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