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

[ladiko at web.de]

Hello Malte,

i don't remember where i read it, but someone complained that setting an
environment variable in the wpkg client for the wpkg logfile path doesn't
work as it's not expanded. That's why i have to use hard codes paths.

Anyway, according to the wpkg documentation, that i posted, it should also
be possible to override a environment variables inside wpkg. But yes, this
is not what i am looking for.

I talk about the path to the logfile that i have to set in the settingsfile
which can be used to import the settings or automatically install the wpkg
client.

Regards Ronny
Am 20.01.2012 10:08 schrieb "Malte Starostik" <lists at malte.homeip.net>:

> 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
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