[wpkg-users] FAO: WPKG devs (and anyone else who might use JScript)

[K.E.Jones at brighton.ac.uk]

Hi,

 I just noticed the latest Windows Updates include http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2632503 which corrects an issue in JScript itself. i.e. processing large loops can  cause "undefined" values to be returned.  It's listed as a problem with garbage collection so I'd personally expect it to crop up for any code that's "memory intensive" too. That thought struck a bell...

 I remember Rainer (and others) mentioning some buggy-ness (a long time ago!)  when you have large numbers of packages in your WPKG setup. I've also seen WPKG struggling with unanticipated "undefined" values at various points in my rather deeply nested setup too. Michael MacKay also noticed that turning on the debug switch caused WPKG to run normally but without that switch some packages failed to uninstall.

 I'm wondering if this might be the culprit. 

 Anyway, I thought it worth mentioning :-)

 Have fun folks,

 Keith


 



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