[wpkg-users] Setting a variable in a profile doesnt over-rides that set in a package

[Malte Starostik]

Am Freitag, 20. Januar 2012, 09:59:47 schrieb Malte Starostik:
> Hi Ronny,
> 
> Am Freitag, 20. Januar 2012, 09:35:15 schrieb ladiko at web.de:
> > Hello WPKG users :-)
> > 
> > Regarding to
> > http://wpkg.org/Variable_setting_through_hosts/profiles/packages a
> > variable in a profile should override a variable in a package, but this
> > doesn't work for me.
> > 
> > I've got PCs with different Windows-Directories, most have C:\Windows,
> > but some have C:\WinXP. So as it is not possible to use %WINDIR% for
> > the Wpkg-Logfile path in the WPKG-Client-Settings, i have to use
> > different settings-xml-files for the two types of clients. I prepared
> > the files settings-windows.xml and settings-winxp.xml and in the
> > wpkgclient-package i set <variable name="wpkg-windir" value="windows"
> > /> and have a variable set in the profile for the computers which need
> > C:\WinXP
> 
> I'm not sure about the final outcome right now, but variable order was
> recently discussed here.  Anyway, for your specific problem there should
> be a very simple solution:  Windows already defines the %SystemRoot%
> variable for you. In contrast to what its name might suggest (e.g.
> system32), its value is the Windows directory.

Args, I take that back.  I mean, well, I misunderstood and thought you were 
trying to SET %WINDIR%, which as I now saw is basically just a legacy alias 
for %SystemRoot%, forgot about it.  So the above does not in fact solve your 
problem.  Sorry,

Malte