[wpkg-users] [Bug 173] Allow the use of environment variables for checking file revisions

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Stefan,

Pendl Stefan wrote:
> Hi Rainer,
>         as an example, see Notepad++, which includes the version number in the installer file name.
> This leads to changing the version number in up to four places, depending on your package definition.
> 
> I do not only check for the uninstall entry, but for the correct main executable version too.
> 
> I do support x86 and AMD64 platforms, so I need to change this in four places, twice for the file check and once each for the install and upgrade command.

Yes, I fully agree that your request is valid and improves WPKG, no doubt on
this. That's why I've implemented it. Your example is absolutely correct too.
However I still believe that not many users will use that feature in general so
I intended to keep the "performance penalty" as low as possible and prevent
unnecessary expansion if it's not needed.

So thanks for the request. It would be nice to get some feedback about RC18 (I
did not do a concrete test yet using a real-life package.


br,
Rainer