[wpkg-users] WPKG Server 1.1.0 breaks packages working in 1.0.4

[Pendl Stefan]

Rainer Meier wrote:
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HI Stefan,

Pendl Stefan wrote:
> Rainer my you share the install lines for Acrobat Reader and Java you use with 1.1.0 ?

I am using my set of generic install CMD scripts to deploy Acrobat Reader. You
might grab the script-set and readme here:
<http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/attachment.cgi?id=135>

I am using the extracted MSI file (extract the .exe using 7z) and then just use
msiexec (without special commands). I heard there is an adobe tool which can
create a transforms file (.mst) to disable adobe.com and similar components. I
will then just add these command-lines to the MSI installation.

About the exit codes. I will have a look - probably the %COMSPEC%-wrapping
breaks some exit codes. Unfortunately %COMSPEC%-wrapping seems to be the only
way to ensure STDOUT/STDERR flushing and therefore prevent cscript from
blocking. So either we have to find a work-around or we have to remove the
%COMSPEC% mapping completely but just keeping in mind that applications with
lots of STDOUT are not working :-(
The ideao to specify a flag (add an attribute to the install command) I don't
like too much. But it might be an option to allow disabling %COMSPEC%-wrapping
by an attribute - or automatically disable wrapping if the exit code needs to be
evaluated (<exit> nodes defined).


Personally I've not been affected by this because I try not to use these special
exit code mappings. In case of "net stop..." I would probably have written a CMD
script which exits with code 0 directly instead of mapping code 2 to
"successful" value.
Sorry, that's my way of handling such things ;-)

I will investigate if %COMSPEC%-wrapping screws up the exit code of some apps.


br,
Rainer
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Rainer,
I wanted to avoid extracting packages, since this is much easier, if you need to tell this someone else.
Simply downloading a file from the net and changing the package to point to the new file is less error prone.

I would like to avoid batch scripts either, since the apprentices are not used to them too, which adds an additional layer of missing knowledge.
It seems that the apprentices are not taught the basics of computers any more at school, even if they are trained as IT specialist.
It seems that pushing the Next button is the new top edge of knowledge of how to install an application, checking space and such is not on the list.

I will see what I can do with extracting the downloaded packages.

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Stefan