[wpkg-users] [Bug 177] New: Local install flag

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http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177

           Summary: Local install flag
           Product: WPKG
           Version: 1.1.2
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: wpkg.js
        AssignedTo: r.meier at wpkg.org
        ReportedBy: ftrojahn at smi-softmark.de
         QAContact: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org


Some time ago I missed the feature of packages marked as "locally installed",
which came to my mind again as a possible solution for bug 175,
so I'll try to explain that here.

Preference:
"wpkg.js /install:<package name>" does install a package locally, 
"wpkg.js /remove:<package name> does remove that same package.

Problem:
But wpkg.js /synchronize does - logically - remove all packages which
are not in hosts/profiles database. So, locally installed packages are
automagically removed from the system as intended.

Sometimes, e.g. for testing reasons or to give a special user the possibility
to install a package himself, I think it would be essential to have a manually
installed package not automagically removed from the system when synchronizing.

Solution:

"wpkg.js /install:<package name> /local" or
"wpkg.js /install:<package name> /persistent"

marks a package in local wpkg.xml as
<package id='Firefox' name='Mozilla Firefox' revision='3.5.0' priority='50'
reboot='false' local='true'> ... </package>

or

<package id='Firefox' name='Mozilla Firefox' revision='3.5.0' priority='50'
reboot='false' persistent='true'> ... </package>

For the difference between "local" and "persistent" I could imagine that
for "local" packages the usual upgrade mechanism of wpkg.js /synchronize
is used, but "persistent" packages never upgrade automagically, so I can
have a system with a special revision of a package until I upgrade this
system manually or the package is assigned to this host by
hosts.xml/profiles.xml.

Keep up with your good work!
Regards,
Falko

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