[wpkg-users] Firefox zombie state

[Bruno CHOQUET]

<remove cmd='"%PKG_DEST%\uninstall\helper.exe" /s' />
*<remove cmd="%ComSpec% /c ping -n 11 localhost" /> is the solution !!! *

Beautiful script, thank you very much :-)

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Le 06/04/2012 09:33, Stefan Pendl a écrit :
> Am 06.04.2012 09:19, schrieb Bruno CHOQUET:
>>
>> On a W7 32bit SP1, did you try to remove FF6 with the command <remove
>> cmd='"%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" 
>> -ms'></remove> ?
>>
>
> I never had to remove a previous version of Firefox, the update always 
> went smooth.
>
> I am using the following package:
>
> <package id="Firefox" name="Mozilla Firefox" revision="%PKG_VER%" 
> reboot="false" priority="100">
> <!-- higher priority is used to install before Java and Flash Player 
> without defining a dependency, since Firefox doesn't really depend on 
> them -->
> <!-- set version variables -->
> <variable name="PKG_VER"     value="11.0"/>
> <variable name="PKG_EXE_VER" value="11.0.0.4454"/>
> <!-- set version variables for virtual machines -->
> <variable name="PKG_VER"     value="11.0"        hostname="VM\-" />
> <variable name="PKG_EXE_VER" value="11.0.0.4454" hostname="VM\-" />
> <!-- set destination folder -->
> <variable name="PKG_DEST"    value="%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla 
> Firefox"      architecture="x86"/>
> <variable name="PKG_DEST"    value="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla 
> Firefox" architecture="x64"/>
> <!-- default language is English -->
> <variable name="PKG_LNG"     value="en-us"/>
> <!-- overwrite default language for German systems -->
> <variable name="PKG_LNG"     value="de" lcid="407,c07,1407,1007,807"/>
>
> <check type="uninstall" condition="versiongreaterorequal" 
> path="Mozilla Firefox .+"     value="%PKG_VER%" />
> <check type="file"      condition="versiongreaterorequal" 
> path="%PKG_DEST%\firefox.exe" value="%PKG_EXE_VER%" />
>
> <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox Setup %PKG_VER% 
> %PKG_LNG%.exe" /S' />
>
> <upgrade include="install" />
>
> <remove cmd='"%PKG_DEST%\uninstall\helper.exe" /s' />
> <remove cmd="%ComSpec% /c ping -n 11 localhost" />
> </package>
>
> If you like to remove the previous version on upgrade you can change 
> the upgrade commands as below for the package above.
>
> <upgrade include="remove" />
> <upgrade include="install" />
>
>
>
> -- 
> Stefan P.
>
> Top-posting:
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
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