[wpkg-users] Testing updates

[Pendl Stefan]

>
> Hi all,
> What is the best way to thes updates to the already deployed packages?
> We have quite few packages at the top level of profiles hierarchy
> (covering nearly all of the machines).
> Remving package from there and putting it in the test profile
> would be
> disasterous. What i have been doing so far is: make a copy of
> a package,
>   change package id, apply, upgrade the revision and appropriate
> install/upgrade/remove tags, apply - if all is well copy the
> package to
> its original file and package id. Is there a more efficient
> way to do this?
>
> May thanks
>
> Luk
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Luk,
        I have a duplicate of the WPKG server folder for a small number of testing machines.
I have created virtual machines using Virtual Box from Sun, which you can use for free.

I am keeping both WPKG installations in sync with WinMerge from Sourceforge.net

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Stefan