[wpkg-users] Can WPKG install packages while user is at desktop

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Steve,

Steve Handy wrote:
> Assuming this is true I need a way to eliminate the incrementing feature

Please see my answer to Adam regarding this. You don't need to increment 
the version to make sure a package is verified/re-installed. Just define 
appropriate checks and do _NOT_ use execute="once". If you use 
execute="once" it does exactly as the name implies, it executes this 
version just ONE SINGLE TIME. No further verification on  the package is 
done during subsequent wpkg runs.
Only if you increment the version on server side the package will be 
upgraded. So use execute="once" only (and really ONLY) in case you want 
to install a package, make sure it is once installed and then forget 
about it (no matter if somebody is going to uninstall it or not).

Again, if you want to verify that a package is not removed by the user, 
then do NOT use execute="once" and define appropriate checks instead 
which make sure the software is actually installed.
Also do not specify execute="always" as this will re-install the package 
on each synchronization. This could lead to quite high server load and 
annoy users if all software is re-installed on each boot-up :-)

So just omit the execute="..." flag by default but make sure that you 
define appropriate checks.
WARNING: If you do not use any execute="..." flag AND do not specify any 
checks, then the check will always return "false, not installed". 
Therefore the effect is similar (not exactly the same, but similar) to 
specifying execute="always".
So let me repeat again:
- do not specify any execute="..." flags if you don't have special 
requirements
- Specify appropriate checks which return true in case the software is 
installed properly


br,
Rainer